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We describe a polymorphic microsatellite in intron 38 of the neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) gene. The microsatellite consists of a CA/GT dinucleotide repeat detecting 8 alleles; it has a heterozygosity of 82 %.
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Lázaro, C., Gaona, A., Xu, G. et al. A highly informative CA/GT repeat polymorphism in intron 38 of the human neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) gene. Hum Genet 92, 429–430 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01247353
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01247353