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Haplotype structure and phylogenetic shadowing of a hypervariable region in the CAPN10 gene.
Human genetics - 1 Jul 2005
Clark Vanessa J, Cox Nancy J, Hammond Molly, Hanis Craig L, Di Rienzo Anna
Abstract excerpt
It has been proposed that variation in calpain 10 (CAPN10) contributes to the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). A previous survey of CAPN10 in ethnically diverse populations revealed an intronic region with a significant excess of polymorphism levels relative to inter-species sequence divergence, suggesting that this region was the target of long-standing balancing selection. Based on the thrifty genotype...
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