A comprehensive screen for TWIST (ital) mutations in patients with craniosynostosis identifies a new microdeletion syndrome of chromosome band 7-21.1

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Identification of a new microdeletion syndrome of chromosome band 7-21.1 by use of a comprehensive screen for TWIST (ital) mutations in patients with craniosynostosis is discussed. A significant fraction of the cases of Saethre-Chotzen syndrome are the result of the microdeletion, and it seems that haploinsufficiency of genes close to TWIST (ital) contributes to developmental problems.

author: Johnson, David, Kearney, Lyndal, Wilkie, Andrew O.M., Twigg, Stephen R.F., Wall, Steven A., Njolstad, Pal R., Horsley, Sharon W., Moloney, Dominique M., Oldridge, Michael, Walsh, Sinead, Barrow, Margaret, Kunz, Jurgen, Ashworth, Geraldine J.
United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Statistical Data Included, Usage, Diagnosis, Physiological aspects, Chromosome mapping, Genetic disorders, Mental retardation, Chromosome deletion, Craniofacial dysostosis

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Genome-wide analysis indicates more Asian than Melanesian ancestry of Polynesian

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The origins of the autosomal gene pool of Polynesians are analyzed on a genome-wide scale and the results are compared with Chinese and Papua New Guinea individuals. Dual origin of Polynesians with a high East Asian and considerable Melanesian component reflects sex-biased admixture in Polynesian history.

author: Nurnberg, Peter, Kayser, Manfred, Lao, Oscar, Saar, Kathrin, Brauer, Silke, Xingyu Wang, Trent, Ronald J., Stoneking, Mark
Natural history, Population genetics, Polynesians, Gene pool

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RAB23 mutations in Carpenter syndrome imply an unexpected role for Hedgehog signaling in cranial-suture development and obesity

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RAB23 mutations in Carpenter syndrome were studied. Homozygosity mapping was used and linkages to chromosome 6p12.1-q12 and five different mutations were identified in RAB23.

author: Wilkie, Andrew O.M., Mathijssen, Irene M.J., Morton, Jenny E.V., Sweeney, Elizabeth, Wall, Steven A., Nurnberg, Peter, Jenkins, Dagan, Seelow, Dominik, Jehee, Fernanda S., Marsh, Jeffrey L., Passos-Bueno, Maria Rita, Perlyn, Chad A., Alonso, Luis G., Bueno, Daniela F., Donnai, Dian, Josifiova, Dragana, Orstavik, Karen Helene
Cellular signal transduction, Pleiotropy, Craniofacial abnormalities, Report

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