Article
Cystic fibrosis in the Basque country: high frequency of mutation delta F508 in patients of Basque origin.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1992
Casals T, Vázquez C, Lázaro C, Girbau E, Giménez F J, Estivill X
Abstract excerpt
The Basque population is one of the oldest populations of Europe. It has been suggested that the Basques arose from a population established in western Europe during the late Paleolithic Age. The Basque language (Euskera) is a supposedly pre-Indo-European language that originates from the first s...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- DNA
- France
- Genetic Markers
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Spain
