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The gene involved in juvenile retinoschisis (RS) has previously been localized, by genetic linkage analyses, to Xp22.1-p22.2, between DXS274 and DXS43/ DXS207; it is closely linked to the latter markers. From our recent data, this interval represents a genetic distance of approximately 10 cM. In the present study, we have studied 14 French families with X-linked juvenile RS by using four CA polymorphisms that are closely linked to the RS locus and that have recently been included in an Xp22.1-p22.2 high-resolution map. Complete cosegregation with the disease locus was observed for three of them, DXS207, DXS418, and DXS999, which further confirms the locus homogeneity for RS and the close linkage to this region. One recombinant was found with the most proximal marker, AFM291wf5, thereby defining this marker as the new proximal boundary of the candidate region for RS. Under the assumption that DXS207 and DXS43 constitute the distal boundary, the present study further reduces the region containing the disease gene to a interval of 3–4 cM. The results reported here should facilitate the eventual cloning of the RS gene.
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Dumur, V., Trivier, E., Puech, B. et al. Genetic analysis of new French X-linked juvenile retinoschisis kindreds using microsatellite markers closely linked to the RS locus: further narrowing of the RS candidate region. Hum Genet 96, 79–82 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00214190
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