1. Localization of the 9p melanoma susceptibility locus (MLM) to a 2-cM region between D9S736 and D9S171.
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Cannon-Albright LA, Goldgar DE, Neuhausen S, Gruis NA, Anderson DE, Lewis CM, Jost M, Tran TD, Nyguen K, and Kamb A
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Australia epidemiology, Chromosome Mapping, Europe ethnology, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Haplotypes genetics, Humans, Lod Score, Male, Melanoma epidemiology, Middle Aged, Netherlands epidemiology, Pedigree, Texas epidemiology, Utah epidemiology, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9, Melanoma genetics
- Abstract
A familial melanoma susceptibility locus (MLM) was identified on the short arm of chromosome 9 in a set of Utah and Texas kindreds. Subsequent confirmation was reported for a set of 26 Australian kindreds, a set of 7 Dutch kindreds, and a set of 13 NIH melanoma kindreds. The original localization report placed the locus near the IFNA-D9S126 interval on chromosome 9p. We report further localization using D9S171 and a newly developed marker, D9S736, both of which lie in the IFNA-D9S126 interval. Analysis of this set of kindreds places the melanoma susceptibility locus in a 2-cM region that is proximal to D9S736 and distal to D9S171.
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- 1994
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