Elevated minisatellite mutation rate in the post-chernobyl families from Ukraine

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 801-809

  Dubrova, Yuri E ^a   Grant, Gemma ^b   Chumak, Anatoliy A ^c   Stezhka, Vasyl A ^d   Karakasian, Angela N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Res Centre for Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

^c Department of Medical Biological ^*

^d Institute of Occupational Health   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; UKRAINE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; UKRAINE;

EID: 0036783354     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342729     Document Type: Article

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