Paternally transmitted FMR1 alleles are less stable than maternally transmitted alleles in the common and intermediate size range

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1532-1544

  Sullivan, Amy K ^a   Crawford, Dana C ^a   Scott, Elizabeth H ^a   Leslie, Mary L ^a   Sherman, Stephanie L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0036091566     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340846     Document Type: Article

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