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In 1976 a brother and sister were described with congenital absence of gluteal muscles and with spina bifida occulta. It was thought to be caused by an autosomal recessive gene. There are three muscles referred to by gluteus: gluteus maximus (buttocks) gluteus minimus gluteus medius This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... This stylistic schematic diagram shows a gene in relation to the double helix structure of DNA and to a chromosome (right). ...

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Carnevale A, del Castillo V, Sotillo AG, Larrondo J (1976). Congenital absence of gluteal muscles. Report of two sibs. Clin Genet 10 (3): 135-8. PMID 786514

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