An unexpectedly high frequency of heterozygosity for α-thalassemia in Ashkenazi Jews

Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-3

  Rund, Deborah ^a,c   Filon, Dvora ^a   Jackson, Naomi ^a   Asher, Nava ^a   Oron Karni, Varda ^a   Sacha, Tomasz ^b   Czekalska, Sylwia ^b   Oppenheim, Ariella ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gene deletions; Genetic disease; Globin genes; Selection pressure; Thalassemia trait

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHROMOSOME 16; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC DRIFT; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; JEW; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-THALASSEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 3042608512     PISSN: 10799796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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