GJB2 mutations in mongolia: Complex alleles, low frequency, and reduced fitness of the deaf

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-164

  Tekin, Mustafa ^a,b   Xia, Xia Juan ^c   Erdenetungalag, Radnaabazar ^d   Cengiz, Filiz Basak ^b   White, Thomas W ^e   Radnaabazar, Janchiv ^d   Dangaasuren, Begzsuren ^d   Tastan, Hakki ^b   Nance, Walter E ^c   Pandya, Arti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Environ Consult and Assess Co   (Mongolia)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Deafness; GJB2; Hearing loss; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 26; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; GENETICS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT;

CONNEXINS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC FITNESS; HUMANS; MALE; MONGOLIA;

EID: 77951908830     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00564.x     Document Type: Article

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