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. 1990 Jul;47(1):20–27.

Genetic mapping of X-linked albinism-deafness syndrome (ADFN) to Xq26.3-q27.1

Yosef Shiloh, Gilad Litvak, Yael Ziv, Thomas Lehner, Lodewijk Sandkuyl, Minka Hildesheimer, Vered Buchris, Frans P M Cremers, Paul Szabo, Bradley N White, Jeanette J A Holden, Jurg Ott
PMCID: PMC1683749  PMID: 2349949

Abstract

X-linked albinism-deafness syndrome (ADFN) was described in one Israeli Jewish family and is characterized by congenital nerve deafness and piebaldness. The ADFN mutation probably affects the migration of neural crest–derived precursors of the melanocytes. As a first step toward identifying the ADFN gene, a linkage study was performed to localize the disease locus on the X chromosome. The family was found to be informative for 11 of 107 RFLPs along the X, and two-point analysis showed four of them–factor 9 (F9), DXS91, DXS37, and DNF1–to have definite or suggestive linkage with ADFN. Multipoint linkage analysis indicated two possible orders within this cluster of loci, neither of which was preferable. In both orders F9 was the most distal, and the best estimate for the location of ADFN was between F9 and the next proximal marker (8.6 cM from F9 [Z = 8.1] or 8.3 cM from F9 [Z = 7.9]). These results suggest that the ADFN is at Xq26.3-q27.1. Disagreement between our data and previous localization of DXS91 at Xq11-q13 was resolved by hybridization of the probe pXG-17, which detects the DXS91 locus, to a panel of somatic cell hybrids containing different portions of the X chromosome. This experiment showed that this locus is definitely at Xq24-q26. Together with the linkage data, our results place DXS91 at Xq26 and underscore the importance of using more than one mapping method for the localization of molecular probes.

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