Anthony M Musolf, Cristina M Justice, Zeynep Erdogan-Yildirim, Seppe Goovaerts, Araceli Cuellar, John R Shaffer, Mary L Marazita, Peter Claes, Seth M Weinberg, Jae Li, Craig Senders, Marike Zwienenberg, Emil Simeonov, Radka Kaneva, Tony Roscioli, Lorena Di Pietro, Marta Barba, Wanda Lattanzi, Michael L Cunningham, Paul A Romitti, Simeon A Boyadjiev
Craniosynostosis (CS) is a major birth defect resulting from premature fusion of cranial sutures. Nonsyndromic CS occurs more frequently than syndromic CS, with sagittal nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (sNCS) presenting as the most common CS phenotype. Previous genome-wide association and targeted sequencing analyses of sNCS have identified multiple associated loci, with the strongest association on chromosome 20. Herein, we report the first whole-genome sequencing study of sNCS using 63 proband-parent trios...
April 12, 2024: Scientific Reports