Selection for carriers of recessive diseases: A common phenomenon?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 266-268

  Zlotogora, Joël ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Service de Génétique Médicale   (France)

Author keywords

Founder effect; Isolated populations; Mutation; Recessive diseases; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BARDET BIEDL SYNDROME; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENES, RECESSIVE; GLAUCOMA; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LAURENCE-MOON SYNDROME; LYSOSOMAL STORAGE DISEASES; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031786130     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981116)80:3<266::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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