Multiple paralogs and recombination mechanisms contribute to the high incidence of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Table 1.

22q11.2 LCR rearrangement loci at fiber-FISH resolution

Deletion type No. of samples Recombination locus and size Locus in proximal LCR22 Locus in distal LCR22
LCR22-A/D 13 RL-AD1 (160 kb) Chr 22:18,729,876–18,891,257cnv Chr 22:21,162,204–21,325,236cnv
2 RL-AD2 (20 kb) Chr 22:18,838,944–18,859,182cnv Chr 22:21,115,387–21,137,124cnv
LCR22-A/B 2 RL-B1 (20 kb) Chr 22:18,196,206–18,218,744cnv Chr 22:20,324,573–20,344,531
3 RL-B2 (8 kb) Chr 22:18,414,455–18,422,770cnv Chr 22:20,331,987–20,339,583
LCR22-A/C 3 RL-C (10 kb) Chr 22:18,845,620–18,855,844cnv Chr 22:20,688,715–20,698,995
LCR22-B/D 1 RL-B1 (20 kb) Chr 22:20,324,573–20,344,531 Chr 22:21,152,820–21,173,481cnv
LCR22-C/D 1 RL-C (10 kb) Chr 22:20,688,715–20,698,995 Chr 22:21,279,982–21,291,168cnv
  • The chromosomal locus corresponds to the genomic location in reference genome hg38. CNV in superscript indicates the presence of copy number variability of the recombination locus in the LCR22 (-A and -D), based on Demaerel et al. (2019) and Pastor et al. (2020).

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  1. Genome Res. 35: 786-797

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