On the origin of deletions and point mutations in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Most deletions arise in oogenesis and most point mutations result from events in spermatogenesis

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 183-186

  Grimm, T ^a   Meng, G ^a   Liechti Gallati, S ^c   Bettecken, T ^a,c   Muller C R ^a   Muller B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BIOSTATISTICS; DELETION MUTANT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0028256298     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.31.3.183     Document Type: Article

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