An examination of the relationship between hotspots and recombination associated with chromosome 21 nondisjunction.

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Published in PLoS One on June 13, 2014

Authors

Tiffany Renee Oliver1, Candace D Middlebrooks2, Stuart W Tinker2, Emily Graves Allen2, Lora J H Bean2, Ferdouse Begum3, Eleanor Feingold4, Reshmi Chowdhury5, Vivian Cheung6, Stephanie L Sherman2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Department of Biology, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
2: Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
3: Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
4: Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America; Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
5: Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
6: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.

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