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844ins68 in the cystathionine beta-synthase gene in Israel and review of its distribution in the world.
Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur - 1 Jun 2004
Zoossmann-Diskin Avshalom, Gazit Efraim, Peleg Leah, Shohat Mordechai, Turner David
Abstract excerpt
The 844ins68 allele in the cystathionine beta-synthase gene is always found in cis with the T833C mutation further indicating that its origin is monophyletic and that it might be a useful anthropogenetic marker. Its frequency was examined in 1087 randomly chosen subjects from Israel (twelve Jewish communities and Palestinians), and found to range from 0.034 to 0.125. The heterogeneity among the Jewish communities...
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