Extensive linkage disequilibrium, a common 16.7-kilobase deletion, and evidence of balancing selection in the human protocadherin α cluster

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 621-635

  Noonan, James P ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Nguyen, Loan ^a   Caoile, Chenier ^a   Dickson, Mark ^a   Grimwood, Jane ^a   Schmutz, Jeremy ^a   Feldman, Marcus W ^b   Myers, Richard M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AFRICA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EUROPE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037371323     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/368060     Document Type: Article

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