title: Refined genetic mapping of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa locus RP18 reduces the critical region to 2 cM between D1S442 and D1S2858 on chromosome 1q.
abstract: Linkage analysis was performed on a large Danish family to refine the position of RP18, the locus for autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa, mapped previously between D1S534 and D1S305 in chromosome 1p13-q21. We genotyped the family members for five microsatellite-type DNA polymorphisms and mapped RP18 between D1S422 and D1S2858 to a region of less than 2 cM. No obvious candidate gene has yet been assigned to the chromosomal interval defined here.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Humangenetik, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000235:genetics*