Origins of a mutation: Population genetics of Machado-Joseph disease in the Azores (Portugal)

Human Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1011-1023

  Lima, Manuela ^a   Mayer, Francine M ^b   Coutinho, Paula ^c   Abade, Augusto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; Founder effect; Genealogy; Kinship; Machado Joseph disease; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032404177     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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