title: Fine mapping of a locus for nonsyndromic mental retardation on chromosome 19p13.
abstract: Mental retardation (MR) occurs in approximately 3% of the population and therefore significantly impacts public health. Despite this relatively high prevalence, the specific causes of MR remain unknown in most cases, although both genetic and environmental factors are known to contribute. We describe a consanguineous family with autosomal recessive (AR) nonsyndromic MR (NSMR). Because the consanguinity of this family is complex, we explore alternative approaches for generating accurate estimates of the evidence for linkage in this family, and demonstrate evidence for linkage to chromosome 19p13 (lod score ranging from 1.2 to 3.5, depending on assumptions of allele frequencies). Fine mapping of the linked region defined a critical region of 3.6 Mb, which overlaps with a previously reported gene (CC2D1A) for MR. However, no mutations in the coding region of this gene are present in the family we describe. These results suggest that another gene causing autosomal recessive nonsyndromic MR (ARNSMR) is located within this genomic region.
authors.affiliation: Committee on Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ober
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waggoner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D025063:Chromosome Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002888:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19 / Q000235:genetics*; D003241:Consanguinity; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D015894:Genome, Human; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008126:Lod Score; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D010375:Pedigree
chemical_list: C512283:CC2D1A protein, human; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins