A nucleotide change could initiate fragile X syndrome

Researchers used genetic mapping to determine that stem cells derived from mothers carrying a fragile X premutation show a normal pattern of DNA replication when a nearby DNA sequence... Researchers reveal how the alteration of a single nucleotide-the basic building block of DNA-could initiate fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of ... (more)

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