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Direct estimate of the haemophilia B (factor IX deficiency) mutation rate and of the ratio of the sex-specific mutation rates in Sweden

✍ Scribed by A. J. Montandon; P. M. Green; D. R. Bentley; R. Ljung; S. Kling; I. M. Nilsson; F. Giannelli

Publisher
Springer
Year
1992
Tongue
English
Weight
494 KB
Volume
89
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-6717

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✦ Synopsis

Mutation rates for X-linked recessive diseases have so far been estimated indirectly by postulating an equilibrium between the loss of defective genes caused by the low reproductive fitness of affected males and the gain resulting from new mutations. Here, for the first time, we directly estimate both the overall and sex-specific mutation rates for haemophilia B by detecting the gene defect of the families registered at the MalmΓΆ Haemophilia Centre. These represent a complete sample of the Swedish haemophilia B population (45 out of 77 pedigrees) and contain 23 families with a single affected male. Fifteen of these males had mothers available for study, and of these mothers, 13 had parents available for study. We show that 3 of the above patients and 10 of their mothers carry new mutations, and by extrapolation calculate that 8 males and 98 females should carry new haemophilia B mutations in the Swedish population (8.52 x 10(6) individuals). This leads to the following estimate of the mutation rates: overall mu = 4.1 x 10(-6); male specific nu = 2.1 x 10(-5); and female specific mu = 1.9 x 10(-6). The ratio of such male to female specific mutation rates is thus nu/mu = 11.

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