Timing of Expansion of Fragile X Premutation Alleles During Intergenerational Transmission in a Mouse Model of the Fragile X-Related Disorders

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by the maternal expansion of an unstable CGG-repeat tract located in the first exon of the FMR1 gene. Further changes in repeat number occur during embryogenesis resulting in individuals sometimes being highly mosaic. Here we show in a mouse model that, in males, e...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Nan Zhao, Karen Usdin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2018.00314/full