The autosomal dominant familial exudative vitreoretinopathy locus maps on 11q and is closely linked to D11S533
- Institut fuer Humangenetik, Luebeck (Germany) Zhejiang Medical Univ., Hangzhou (China)
- Institut fuer Humangenetik, Luebeck (Germany)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich (Germany)
- Augenklinik der Medizinische Universitaet, Luebeck (Germany)
Autosomal dominant familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (adFEVR) is a hereditary disorder characterized by the incomplete vascularization of the peripheral retina. The primary biochemical defect in adFEVR is unknown. The adFEVR locus has tentatively been assigned to 11q by linkage studies. The authors report the results of an extended multipoint linkage analysis of two families with adFEVR by using five markers (INT2, D11S533, D11S527, D11S35, and CD3D) from 11q13-q23. Pairwise linkage data obtained in the two families were rather similar and hence have not provided evidence for genetic heterogeneity. The highest compiled two-point lod score (3.67, at a recombination fraction of .07) was obtained for the disease locus versus D11S533. Multipoint analyses showed that the adFEVR locus maps most likely, with a maximum location score of over 20, between D11S533/D11S526 and D11S35, at recombination rates of .147 and .104, respectively. Close linkage without recombination (maximum lod score 11.26) has been found between D11S533 and D11S526. 15 refs., 3 figs., 4 tabs.
- OSTI ID:
- 5135680
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics; (United States), Vol. 51:4; ISSN 0002-9297
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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