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Combined segregation and linkage analysis of nonsyndromic orofacial cleft in two candidate regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

C. SCAPOLI ,
A. COLLINS ,
M. MARTINELLI ,
F. PEZZETTI ,
L. SCAPOLI  and
M. TOGNON
C. SCAPOLI
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Section of Genetics, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
A. COLLINS
Affiliation:
Wessex Human Genetics Institute, University of Southampton, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, UK
M. MARTINELLI
Affiliation:
Department of Morphology and Embryology, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
F. PEZZETTI
Affiliation:
Department of Morphology and Embryology, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
L. SCAPOLI
Affiliation:
Department of Morphology and Embryology, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
M. TOGNON
Affiliation:
Department of Morphology and Embryology, Section of Histology and Embryology, University of Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
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Abstract

We applied a complex segregation analysis to 46 pedigrees with a total of 121 nuclear families and 660 individuals, to verify hypotheses regarding the inheritance of OFC and linkage with markers on chromosomes 6 and 2. The POINTER program for segregation analysis strongly rejected the hypothesis of no familial transmission of OFC in these families. When the hypothesis of a two-locus model was tested with COMDS, the analysis showed the presence of at least two loci and the model assuming a dominant major gene and a recessive modifier locus was statistically accepted. Given the fitted two-locus model, we tested for a possible linkage between the major OFC locus and the two markers studied. For D6S259, the estimate of the recombination fraction was θ=0.098, corresponding to a LOD score around 2.1. On the contrary, the data analysis concerning the D2S378 marker showed an estimate of the recombination fraction not significantly different from the independence hypothesis.

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Research Article
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Annals of Human Genetics , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 17 - 25
Copyright
University College London 1999

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