A global haplotype analysis of the myotonic dystrophy locus: Implications for the evolution of modern humans and for the origin of myotonic dystrophy mutations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1389-1402

  Tishkoff, S A ^a,d   Goldman, A ^b   Calafell, F ^a   Speed, W C ^a   Deinard, A S ^a   Bonne Tamir, B ^c   Kidd, J R ^a   Pakstis, A J ^a   Jenkins, T ^b   Kidd, K K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MIDDLE EAST; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17344368342     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301861     Document Type: Article

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