Article
Geographical distribution gradients of the major PKU mutations and the linked haplotypes.
Human genetics - 1 Feb 1991
Kalaydjieva L, Dworniczak B, Kucinskas V, Yurgeliavicius V, Kunert E, Horst J
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of 81 phenylketonuria families from Bulgaria, Lithuania and eastern Germany demonstrated a high frequency of haplotype 2 and the associated Arg408----Trp408 substitution. Haplotype 3 and the splicing mutation in intron 12 are rare or absent in the groups studies. Pooling the data on European populations suggests a Balto-Slavic origin of the defect in codon 408 of the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene and a...
Topics
- Bulgaria
- Codon
- Europe
- Genetic Linkage
- Geography
- Germany
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Incidence
- Lithuania
- Mutation
- Nuclear Family