The thrifty-genotype hypothesis and its implications for the study of complex genetic disorders in man

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 568-571

  Sharma, Arya M ^a,b,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Complex disease; Diabetes mellitus; Genetics; Human evolution; Hypertension; Primates; Thrifty genotype

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRIMATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031856168     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090050251     Document Type: Review

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