Linkage studies of non-syndromic recessive deafness (NSRD) in a family originating from the Mirpur region of Pakistan maps DFNB1 centromeric to D13S175.
Autosomal recessive non-syndromal hearing impairment (NSRD) is genetically heterogeneous. Five loci have been identified to date which map to chromosomes 13 (DFNB1), 11 (DFNB2), 17 (DFNB3), 7 (DFNB4) and 14 (DFBN5). We report definite linkage of NSRD to the locus DFNB1 in a single family of 27 families studied of Pakistani origin. Haplotype analysis of markers in the pericentromeric region of chromosome 13q revealed a recombination event which maps DFNB1 proximal to the marker D13S175 and in the vicinity of D13S143.
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Molecular Medicine Unit, University of Leeds, UK.
Janjua
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Karbani
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Parry
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Noble
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Crockford
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Bishop
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Newton
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Markham
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Mueller
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D002648:Child; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D000072259:Connexin 26; D017630:Connexins; D003241:Consanguinity; D003638:Deafness / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000208:ethnology; D010375:Pedigree; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
D017630:Connexins; C000607042:GJB2 protein, human; D000072259:Connexin 26