The FMR1 CGG repeat and linked microsatellite markers in two Basque valleys

Heredity

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-211

  Arrieta, I ^a   Penagarikano O ^a   Telez M ^a   Ortega, B ^a   Flores, P ^a   Criado, B ^b   Veiga, I ^b   Peixoto, A L ^b   Lostao, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Basque valleys; DXS548; FMR1; FRAXAC1

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GENETICS;

GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0242500334     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800218     Document Type: Article

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