Figure 2. . Schematic comparison of the structure of the normal D4Z4 allele and the pathogenic contracted D4Z4 allele that causes FSHD1.

Figure 2.

Schematic comparison of the structure of the normal D4Z4 allele and the pathogenic contracted D4Z4 allele that causes FSHD1. The normal D4Z4 allele has between 11 and 100 units of the 3.3-kb repeat sequence (depicted by triangles), whereas the pathogenic contracted FSHD1-causing D4Z4 allele has a contracted D4Z4 repeat array of between one and ten units on a permissive chromosome 4 haplotype (e.g., 4A161, 4A159, 4A168, 4A166H).

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