Identification of copy number variants associated with renal agenesis using array-based comparative genomic hybridization

Copy Number Variants (CNVs) are defined as DNA segments of 1kb or more in length and present in a variable number of copies in the human genome. It has been recently shown that many human genetic diseases including organ malformations are caused by CNVs in a patient's genome. However, the genet...

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Main Author: Chen, Beichen
Other Authors: Manak, John R.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: University of Iowa 2010
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Online Access:https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/655
https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1840&context=etd