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Sanger sequencing was performed to validate these variants in the proband of family I and her affected family members. <jats:italic>In vitro<\/jats:italic> functional analyses were performed to confirm the effects of these variants.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Two novel homozygous frameshift variants (c.258_259del and c.1072_1073del) and one novel homozygous nonsense variant (c.814C &amp;gt; T) in the <jats:italic>MEIOB<\/jats:italic> gene were identified in three consanguineous Han Chinese families. <jats:italic>In vitro<\/jats:italic> functional analyses revealed that these variants produced truncated proteins and affected their function.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> We identified three novel <jats:italic>MEIOB<\/jats:italic> loss-of-function variants in local Chinese patients for the first time and confirmed their pathogenicity using <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> functional analyses. 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