Stability of the FMR1 CGG repeat in a Basque sample

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-68

  Arrieta, I ^a   Gil, A ^a   Nunez T ^a   Telez, M ^a   Martinez, B ^a   Criado, B ^b,c   Lostao, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Basque population; CGG repeats; DXS548; FMR1; FRAXAC1

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033083981     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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