Intriguing balancing selection on the intron 5 region of LMBR1 in human population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  He, Fang ^a,c   Wu, Dong Dong ^a,c   Kong, Qing Peng ^a   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN LMBR1; LMBR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; FAR EAST; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; NEGRO;

ERINACEIDAE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAR EAST; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 51449117849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002948     Document Type: Article

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