Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 has multiple ancestral origins
Lucas Schenatto Sena, Gabriel Vasata Furtado, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando Graziani Póvoas Barsottini, Mario Cornejo‐Olivas, Paulo Ribeiro Nóbrega, Pedro Braga‐Neto, Danyela Martins Bezerra Soares, Fernando Regla Vargas, Clecio de Oliveira Godeiro-Junior, Paula Frassinetti Vasconcelos de Medeiros, Claudia Camejo, Maria Betânia Pereira Toralles, Nelson J. R. Fagundes, Laura Bannach Jardim, Maria Luiza Saraiva Pereira
The paper identifies eleven distinct ancestral haplotypes associated with SCA2 in South American populations, including an unexpected haplotype with a G allele at rs695871.
Parkinsonism & Related Disorders · Dec 31, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine