DFNY1 explained

Deafness, Y-linked 1 (DFNY1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DFNY1 gene. Y-linked hearing impairment (DFNY1, MIM 400043) is one of the few Mendelian disorders showing Y-linkage in humans.^[1]

Further reading

• Wang QJ, Rao SQ, Zhao YL, Liu QJ, Zong L, Han MK, Han DY, Yang WY . The large Chinese family with Y-linked hearing loss revisited: clinical investigation . Acta Oto-Laryngologica . 129 . 6 . 638–43 . June 2009 . 18720061 . 10.1080/00016480802216347 . 12827389 .
• Wang QJ, Lu CY, Li N, Rao SQ, Shi YB, Han DY, Li X, Cao JY, Yu LM, Li QZ, Guan MX, Yang WY, Shen Y . Y-linked inheritance of non-syndromic hearing impairment in a large Chinese family . Journal of Medical Genetics . 41 . 6 . e80 . June 2004 . 15173246 . 1735813 . 10.1136/jmg.2003.012799 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: Deafness, Y-linked 1 .