Apolipoprotein E variation at the sequence haplotype level: Implications for the origin and maintenance of a major human polymorphism

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 881-900

  Fullerton, Stephanie M ^a,b   Clark, Andrew G ^a   Weiss, Kenneth M ^a,b   Nickerson, Deborah A ^c   Taylor, Scott L ^c   Stengård, Jari H ^d   Salomaa, Veikko ^d   Vartiainen, Erkki ^d   Perola, Markus ^d   Boerwinkle, Eric ^e   Sing, Charles F ^f  

^a Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d KTL National Public Health Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

PAN TROGLODYTES; PIERINAE;

EID: 0033799573     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303070     Document Type: Article

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