Table 1.

Sequence Duplications and Consequences

DuplicationLocationConsequences
Glucocerebrosidase gene1q21Gaucher disease
3.3-kb repeats4q351.  facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy?
2. polymorphic copy number
SMA gene5q11.2–q13.3spinal muscular atrophy
21-hydroxyase and complement 4 genes6p21.3adrenal hyperplasia III (21-hydroxylase deficiency)
GTF2Igene7q11.23William’s syndrome
CYP11B2 andCYP11B1 genes8q21glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism
β and β-like genes11p15.5β-thalassemia
Homologous sequences?15q11–q13Prader-Willi and Angelman syndromes
Subtelomeric repeats16ptertrisomy of chromosome 16?
α gene16p13.3α-thalassemia
PKD1gene16p13.1complicates the analysis of polycystic kidney disease 1 patients
17-kb repeats17p11.2–p12Charcot-Marie-tooth type 1A
200 kb repeats (gene cluster)17p11.2Smith-Magenis syndrome
Low copy repeats?22q11DiGeorge syndrome
Velocardiofacial syndrome
CYP2D6 gene22q13.1debrisoquine metabolism deficiency
Homologous sequences?Xp21.3dosage-sensitive sex reversal
Homologous sequencesXp22.32X-linked ichthyosis
Homologous sequences?Xq22Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
Homologous sequencesXq25lymphoproliferative disorder?
Iduronate-2-sulphatase geneXq28Hunter’s syndrome
Red and Green pigment genesXq281. color blindness
2. polymorphic copy number
11.3-kb inverted repeatsXq281. Emery-Dreifuss syndrome
2. polymorphic inversion of 38 kb
9.5-kb repeatsXq28hemophilia A
13-bp repeatsmitochondriaKearns-Sayre syndrome