title: Abnormal segregation of alleles in CEPH pedigree DNAs arising from allele loss in lymphoblastoid DNA.
abstract: Somatic events that result in the reduction to hemi- or homozygosity at all loci affected by the event have been identified in lymphoblastoid DNA from mothers of two CEPH families. Using suitably informative probes, the allele deficiencies were detected by the abnormal transmission of alleles from grandparents to grandchildren, with the apparent absence of the alleles from the parent. Undetected somatic deficiencies in family DNAs could result in misscoring of recombination events and consequently introduce errors into linkage analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Royle
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Armour
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crosier
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Jeffreys
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D002648:Child; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19; D004276:DNA, Satellite / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite