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Distribution of the 3' VNTR polymorphism in the human dopamine transporter gene in world populations.
Human biology - 1 Apr 2000
Mitchell R J, Howlett S, Earl L, White N G, McComb J, Schanfield M S, Briceno I, Papiha S S, Osipova L, Livshits G, Leonard W R, Crawford M H
Abstract excerpt
A polymorphism with a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) found in the 3' untranslated region of the human dopamine transporter gene (DAT1) was scored in unrelated individuals drawn from 10 geographically widely dispersed populations in order to assess this marker's usefulness in human population genetics. The populations that were analyzed in this study included 4 indigenous groups of Siberia, natives of...
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