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Variation on a trinucleotide theme

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Four of the spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs) are due to CAG triplet repeats; now SCA8 is found to be the exception to the rule.

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Figure 1: Parental bias on instability in various CAG/CTG expansion diseases.

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    Gaël Yvert & Jean-Louis Mandel

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