Dominance and homozygosity

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-416

  Zlotogora, Joël ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

dominance; homozygosity

Indexed keywords

PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHONDROPLASIA; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MACHADO JOSEPH DISEASE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; ONSET AGE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

ACHONDROPLASIA; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MACHADO-JOSEPH DISEASE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WAARDENBURG'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0031026470     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970211)68:4<412::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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