Complex patterns of intragenic polymorphism at the PDGFA locus

Human Genetics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 452-459

  Bonthron, David T ^a   Smith, S J Louise ^b   Campbell, Roderick ^b  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MINISATELLITE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A;

APE; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HUMAN; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0032728501     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390051130     Document Type: Article

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