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From: Genetics of Stuttering (stuttering genes found and mystery solved?)
Date: 30 Sep 2010
Time: 23:32:08 -0500
Remote Name: 128.95.218.130
Hello!.....I was wondering why in the famous New England Journal of Medicine article (2010) that received a lot national news publicity, stuttering genes were found on chromosome 12.........But in a later journal in Human Genetics (2010), the locus of stuttering was found to be on chromosome 3. Here are the two references: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20147709 N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 25;362(8):677-85...... Mutations in the lysosomal enzyme-targeting pathway and persistent stuttering............ Kang C, Riazuddin S, Mundorff J, Krasnewich D, Friedman P, Mullikin JC, Drayna D. Hum Genet. 2010 Oct;128(4):461-3.............. Identification of an autosomal recessive stuttering locus on chromosome 3q13.2-3q13.33. ............on a related question: Do you think the power of advancing genetics technology can serve as a potential biomarker for stuttering?