Further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that usually arises on the basis of a complex genetic predisposition. The most significant susceptibility region in the first whole genome screen of multiplex families was on chromosome 7q, although this linkage was evident only in UK IMGSAC families. Subseque...

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Main Author: Consortium, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001
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description Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that usually arises on the basis of a complex genetic predisposition. The most significant susceptibility region in the first whole genome screen of multiplex families was on chromosome 7q, although this linkage was evident only in UK IMGSAC families. Subsequently all other genome screens of non-UK families have found some evidence of increased allele sharing in an overlapping 40 cM region of 7q. To further characterize this susceptibility locus, linkage analysis has now been completed on 170 multiplex IMGSAC families. Using a 5 cM marker grid, analysis of 125 sib pairs meeting stringent inclusion criteria resulted in a multipoint maximum LOD score (MLS) of 2.15 at D7S477, whereas analysis of all 153 sib pairs generated an MLS of 3.37. The 71 non-UK sib pairs now contribute to this linkage. Linkage disequilibrium mapping identified two regions of association-one lying under the peak of linkage, the other some 27 cM distal. These results are supported in part by findings in independent German and American singleton families.
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spelling oxford-uuid:8de04b5a-0fd5-41d3-8f2e-0319b44f97aa2022-03-26T22:54:00ZFurther characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8de04b5a-0fd5-41d3-8f2e-0319b44f97aaEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2001Consortium, IAutism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that usually arises on the basis of a complex genetic predisposition. The most significant susceptibility region in the first whole genome screen of multiplex families was on chromosome 7q, although this linkage was evident only in UK IMGSAC families. Subsequently all other genome screens of non-UK families have found some evidence of increased allele sharing in an overlapping 40 cM region of 7q. To further characterize this susceptibility locus, linkage analysis has now been completed on 170 multiplex IMGSAC families. Using a 5 cM marker grid, analysis of 125 sib pairs meeting stringent inclusion criteria resulted in a multipoint maximum LOD score (MLS) of 2.15 at D7S477, whereas analysis of all 153 sib pairs generated an MLS of 3.37. The 71 non-UK sib pairs now contribute to this linkage. Linkage disequilibrium mapping identified two regions of association-one lying under the peak of linkage, the other some 27 cM distal. These results are supported in part by findings in independent German and American singleton families.
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Further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.
title Further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.
title_full Further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.
title_fullStr Further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.
title_full_unstemmed Further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.
title_short Further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus AUTS1 on chromosome 7q.
title_sort further characterization of the autism susceptibility locus auts1 on chromosome 7q
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