A DNA probe for the LDL receptor gene is tightly linked to hypercholesterolemia in a pedigree with early coronary disease
1986
Abstract
A large, multigenerational family with dominantly inherited hypercholesterolemia was analyzed for genetic linkage between blood levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and the locus for the LDL receptor. A genetic marker was identified by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) in a cloned segment of the LDL receptor gene. We found no exceptions to segregation of the high-LDL cholesterol phenotype with a unique allele at the LDL receptor locus in this pedigree; tight linkage was indicated by a maximum lod score of 7.52 at theta = 0. Knowledge of the LDL receptor genotype will enable investigators to study variability of phenotypic expression in response to environmental influences or to different genetic determinants.
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