Table 1

 Results of the polymorphic marker analysis

MbPatient 1Patient 2Patient 3Patient 4
FMPaFMPaFMPaFMPa
F, paternal alleles; M, maternal alleles; Pa, Patient alleles
? indicates uninformative markers; – indicates absence of a marker
The genotypes with “?” are compatible with, but do not prove a deletion. The position of the markers is indicated in Mb from the telomere as represented in the July 2003 release of Ensembl (www.ensembl.org).
D4S33600.10511222/–11121/?34121311111/?
D4S30381.08912121/?14231/–34121411121/?
D4S11822.05423121/–13233/?11233/–13244/–
D4S432.29733211/–12222/?12344/–12233/–
D4S16142.74812121/?22122/?23111312111/?
D4S1273.07512233/–11111/?22121211122/–
D4S30343.36212122213221222111223121/–
D4S4123.41712122/?13221222132312111/?
D4S30234.29413241233222322131211121/?
D4S4316.40823121311221212121/?231212