TY - JOUR T1 - Genetics of club foot in Maori and Pacific people JF - Journal of Medical Genetics JO - J Med Genet SP - 680 LP - 683 DO - 10.1136/jmg.37.9.680 VL - 37 IS - 9 AU - Cyril Chapman AU - N Susan Stott AU - Ramari Viola Port AU - Richard O Nicol Y1 - 2000/09/01 UR - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/37/9/680.abstract N2 - The role of major gene and multifactorial inheritance in the aetiology of club foot in the New Zealand Polynesian population was studied using 287 New Zealand Maori and Pacific club foot families. The club foot family data were analysed by complex segregation analysis under the mixed model using the computer program POINTER. This analysis shows that the best genetic model for club foot in this population is a single dominant gene with a penetrance of 33% and a predicted gene frequency of 0.9%. These data provide a scientific foundation for molecular studies in the Maori and Polynesian population to identify putative club foot genes. ER -