Identification of a haplosufficient 3.6-Mb region in human chromosome 11q14.3→q21

Abstract

Cytogenetic deletions are almost always associated with phenotypic abnormality and are very rarely transmitted. We have located a hitherto undescribed, familial deletion involving the region 11q14.3→q21 in five individuals in a three-generation kindred. Four of the deletion carriers show no phenotypic abnormality; the other, who is the proband, was investigated for short stature and poor academic progress. In view of the apparent innocuous nature of this genetic imbalance, the deletion was investigated in detail to determine its size (3.6 Mb) and location with reference to molecular markers and genetic content. The deleted region is described by a contig of 37 BACS including the flanking reg..