Was the C282Y mutation an Irish Gaelic mutation that the Vikings help disseminate?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1270-1273

  Whittington, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MUTATION RATE; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PENETRANCE; SCANDINAVIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748957006     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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