Article
[Clinical significance and strategies to analyze genetic polymorphisms].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Feb 2001
Murata M
Abstract excerpt
A DNA polymorphism can be defined as a difference in the primary sequence of DNA, and the frequency of the rarer allele among the general population exceeds 1%. Several types of polymorphisms, including minisatellite and microsatellite markers, deletion or insertion of short nucleotide sequences, and single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs), are present in human genome, with different frequencies and different...
Topics
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
