Article
Linkage disequilibrium between phenylketonuria and RFLP haplotype 1 at the phenylalanine hydroxylase locus in Portugal.
Human genetics - 1 Apr 1992
Caillaud C, Vilarinho L, Vilarinho A, Rey F, Berthelon M, Santos R, Lyonnet S, Briard M L, Osorio R V, Rey J
Abstract excerpt
RFLPs of 36 normal and 41 mutant alleles at the phenylalanine hydroxylase locus were determined in 31 Portuguese kindreds. A total of 14 haplotypes including 10 normal and 7 mutant alleles were observed. Almost 75% of all mutant alleles were confined within only two haplotypes, namely haplotype 9 (17.1%) and haplotype 1 (56.1%). This frequency of mutant haplotype 1 in Portugal is, to our knowledge, the highest...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Female
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenylalanine Hydroxylase
- Phenylketonurias
