A shared founder mutation underlies restrictive dermopathy in Old Colony (Dutch‐German) Mennonite and Hutterite patients in North America

Abstract

A Shared Founder Mutation Underlies Restrictive Dermopathy in Old Colony (Dutch-German) Mennonite and Hutterite Patients in North America Catrina Loucks, Jillian S. Parboosingh, Jessica X. Chong, Carole Ober, Victoria M. Siu, Robert A. Hegele, C. Anthony Rupar, D. Ross McLeod, Alfredo Pinto, Albert E. Chudley, and A. Micheil Innes* Department of Medical Genetics, Alberta Children’s Hospital and Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Department of Paediatrics and Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, Robarts Research Institute and Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Program in Genetic and Metabolism, Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health and Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada