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SUBMITTER: Chen F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4462018 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Fengshan F Li Qin Q Gu Mingliang M Li Xin X Yu Jun J Zhang Yong-Biao YB
Scientific reports 20150610
Mandibular prognathism (MP) is a severe maxillofacial disorder with undetermined genetic background. We collected a Chinese pedigree with MP which involved in 23 living members of 4 generations. Genome-wide linkage analysis were carried out to obtain the information in this family and a new MP-susceptibility locus, 12pter-p12.3 was identified. Whole-exome sequencing identified a novel heterozygous mutation in fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 23 (; p.A12D) which well segregated with MP in this pedi ...[more]