Maternal genes and facial clefts in offspring: a comprehensive search for genetic associations in two population-based cleft studies from Scandinavia.

<h4>Background</h4>Fetal conditions can in principle be affected by the mother's genotype working through the prenatal environment.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Genotypes for 1536 SNPs in 357 cleft candidate genes were available from a previous analysis in which...

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Main Authors: Astanand Jugessur, Min Shi, Håkon Kristian Gjessing, Rolv Terje Lie, Allen James Wilcox, Clarice Ring Weinberg, Kaare Christensen, Abee Lowman Boyles, Sandra Daack-Hirsch, Truc Trung Nguyen, Lene Christiansen, Andrew Carl Lidral, Jeffrey Clark Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20634891/pdf/?tool=EBI