Allele frequency and genotype distribution of polymorphisms within disease-related genes is influenced by ethnic population sub-structuring in Sudan

Genetica

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-63

  Bereir, R E H ^a   Mohamed, H S ^a,c   Seielstad, M ^b   El Hassan, A M ^a   Khalil, E A G ^a   Peacock, C S ^c   Blackwell, J M ^c   Ibrahim, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic group; Genotype and allele frequencies; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDAN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, P53; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SUDAN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037703600     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024486716497     Document Type: Article

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