Hereditary hearing loss is one of the most common neurosensory defects in humans. Approximately 70% of cases are nonsyndromic and could be inherited in autosomal domi- nant, autosomal recessive, mitochondrial, X-linke...Hereditary hearing loss is one of the most common neurosensory defects in humans. Approximately 70% of cases are nonsyndromic and could be inherited in autosomal domi- nant, autosomal recessive, mitochondrial, X-linked, and Y-linked manners （Wang et al., 2004; Alford, 2011）. The autosomal dominant type, comprising 15%-20% of non- syndromic hearing loss, is monogenic and genetically heterogeneous. Since the first dominant deafness locus （DFNA 1） was identified in 1992, a total of 64 DFNA loci have been mapped （DFNA1-DFNA64）,展开更多
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文摘Hereditary hearing loss is one of the most common neurosensory defects in humans. Approximately 70% of cases are nonsyndromic and could be inherited in autosomal domi- nant, autosomal recessive, mitochondrial, X-linked, and Y-linked manners （Wang et al., 2004; Alford, 2011）. The autosomal dominant type, comprising 15%-20% of non- syndromic hearing loss, is monogenic and genetically heterogeneous. Since the first dominant deafness locus （DFNA 1） was identified in 1992, a total of 64 DFNA loci have been mapped （DFNA1-DFNA64）,
