Polymorphism of the (CTG)n Repeat in the Myotonin Protein Kinase (DM) Gene in Belarussian Populations: Analysis of Interethnic Heterogeneity

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 854-856

  Popova, S N ^a   Mikulich, A I ^b   Slominsky, P A ^a   Shadrina, M I ^a   Pomazanova, M A ^a   Limborska, S A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS   (Belarus)

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