Telomeres, hidden mosaicism, loss of heterozygosity, and complex genetic traits

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-4

  Aviv, Abraham ^a   Aviv, Hana ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MOSAICISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

AGING; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MOSAICISM; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031683629     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050774     Document Type: Article

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