Haplotype analysis of the apolipoprotein E and apolipoprotein C1 loci in Portugal and Sao Tome e Principe (Gulf of Guinea): Linkage disequilibrium evidence that APOE*4 is the ancestral APOE allele

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1001-1008

  Seixas, Susana ^a   Trovoada, Maria Jesus ^b   Rocha, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

APOC1; APOE; Haplotype analysis; Portugal; Sao tome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; APOLIPOPROTEIN C1; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIANCE; HAPLOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033485997     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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