Diabetes, Vol 41, Issue 4 401-407, Copyright © 1992 by American Diabetes Association
Mapping diabetes-susceptibility genes. Lessons learned from search for DNA marker for maturity-onset diabetes of the young
NJ Cox, KS Xiang, SS Fajans and GI Bell
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
During our search for a marker for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
(NIDDM) in a large multigenerational family with a form of NIDDM termed
maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), we learned a great deal that
may serve to streamline the search for diabetes-susceptibility genes in
other families. We describe here our experience and suggest strategies that
may enhance the search for markers for other diabetes susceptibility genes
with genetic linkage approaches.