Stool is a sensitive and noninvasive source of DNA for monitoring expansion in repeat expansion disease mouse models

• Main Authors: Xiaonan Zhao (Author), Cassandra McHugh (Author), Sydney R. Coffey (Author), Diego Antonio Jimenez (Author), Elizabeth Adams (Author), Jeffrey B. Carroll (Author), Karen Usdin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Repeat expansion diseases are a large group of human genetic disorders caused by expansion of a specific short tandem repeat tract. Expansion in somatic cells affects age of onset and disease severity in some of these disorders. However, alleles in DNA derived from blood, a commonly used source of D...