Can a place of origin of the main cystic fibrosis mutations be identified?

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 257-264

  Mateu, Eva ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^a   Ramos, Maria Dolors ^b   Casals, Teresa ^b   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b Institut de Recerca Oncologica   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036138110     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338243     Document Type: Article

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