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An insertion/deletion polymorphism at the D15S63 locus in the critical Prader-Willi syndrome region in 15q11-13

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The probe YR9AB detects a two-allele insertion/ deletion polymorphism at the D15S63 locus.

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Dittrich, B., Bulling, K., Groß, S. et al. An insertion/deletion polymorphism at the D15S63 locus in the critical Prader-Willi syndrome region in 15q11-13. Hum Genet 94, 583–584 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00211036

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