Article
Evidence that descendants of three founders constitute about 25% of hemophilia B in the United States.
Genomics - 1 Aug 1991
Ketterling R P, Bottema C D, Phillips J A, Sommer S S
Abstract excerpt
In our sample of 160 consecutive Caucasian hemophiliacs, 14 (9%) had a G----A transition at bp 10,430 that substitutes serine for glycine 60 in the first EGF domain of the factor IX molecule. Each of these hemophiliacs had clinically mild disease. Haplotype data and familial pedigrees indicate that 12 of these hemophiliacs are likely to be related to a common ancestor. The 13th and 14th patients possess different...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Europe
- Factor IX
- Haplotypes
- Hemophilia A
- Humans
- Mutation
- Ontario
- United States
- White People
