A natural history of FUT2 polymorphism in humans

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1993-2003

  Ferrer Admetlla, Anna ^a   Sikora, Martin ^a   Laayouni, Hafid ^a,b   Esteve, Anna ^a   Roubinet, Francis ^c   Blancher, Antoine ^d   Calafell, Francesc ^a,b   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a,b   Casals, Ferran ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; FUT2; Global diversity; Humans; Nonsecretor phenotype; Secretor phenotype

Indexed keywords

ALPHA(1,2)FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BODY FLUID; CODING; EUROPE; FUT2 GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NULL ALLELE; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SECRETIONS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; NUCLEOTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 68949213762     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp108     Document Type: Article

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