title: The polymorphic human DNA sequence D8S8 assigned to 8q13-21.1, close to the carbonic anhydrase gene cluster, by isotopic and nonisotopic in situ hybridization and by linkage analysis.
abstract: Restriction fragment length polymorphism at the D8S8 locus is explained by the occurrence of at least two alternative alleles at two separate TaqI sites; TaqI-A allele frequencies 0.73 and 0.27 and TaqI-B allele frequencies 0.94 and 0.06. The D8S8 locus has been assigned to 8q13-21.1, near to the carbonic anhydrase (CA) gene cluster, by in situ hybridization to metaphase chromosomes using both tritium and immunofluorescently labelled probes. Linkage analysis using the CEPH family DNA panel indicates a close genetic linkage between D8S8 and CA3, with a lod score of +7.80 at theta = 0.05 in males.
authors.affiliation: MRC Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, Galton Laboratory, University College London.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Edwards
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lipowicz
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sheer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Attwood
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Spurr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Povey
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001483:Base Sequence; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D005810:Multigene Family; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D004247:DNA; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases