Fragile X Premutation Map (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University Press

Fragile X Premutation Map

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Researchers used genetic mapping to determine that stem cells derived from mothers carrying a fragile X premutation (above) show a normal pattern of DNA replication when a nearby DNA sequence is similar to normal stem cells.

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Gerhardt et al., 2014

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