Structural analysis of insulin minisatellite alleles reveals unusually large differences in diversity between Africans and non-Africans

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1273-1284

  Stead, John D H ^a   Jeffreys, Alec J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INSULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036913633     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344513     Document Type: Article

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