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Population genetics of CAPN10 and GPR35: implications for the evolution of type 2 diabetes variants.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 2005
Vander Molen J, Frisse L M, Fullerton S M, Qian Y, Del Bosque-Plata L, Hudson R R, Di Rienzo A
Abstract excerpt
A positional cloning study of type 2 diabetes in Mexican Americans identified a region, termed "NIDDM1," on chromosome 2q37 with significant linkage evidence. Haplotype combinations at the calpain-10 gene (CAPN10) within this region were shown to increase diabetes risk in several populations. On the basis of the thrifty genotype hypothesis, variants that increase susceptibility to type 2 diabetes under modern...
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