Usher syndrome in the Samaritans: Strengths and limitations of using inbred isolated populations to identify genes causing recessive disorders

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-200

  Bonne Tamir B ^a   Nystuen, A ^b   Seroussi, E ^a   Kalinsky, H ^a   Kwitek Black, A E ^b   Korostishevsky, M ^a   Adato, A ^a   Sheffield, V C ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consanguineous families; Linkage; Recessive deafness; Samaritan isolate

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; USHER SYNDROME;

EID: 1842334539     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199710)104:2<193::aid-ajpa5>3.0.co;2-#     Document Type: Conference Paper

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