Article
Molecular population genetics of SLC4A1 and Southeast Asian ovalocytosis.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 2009
Wilder Jason A, Stone Jonathan A, Preston Elizabeth G, Finn Lauren E, Ratcliffe Hannah L, Sudoyo Herawati
Abstract excerpt
Southeast Asian ovalocytosis (SAO) is an erythrocyte abnormality that protects affected individuals from cerebral malaria. This trait is caused by a 27-bp deletion in the SLC4A1 gene, which is lethal when homozygous. We reseqeunced approximately 5 kb of SLC4A1 in an Indonesian population where SAO is prevalent to better understand the evolution of this clinically important trait. The four SAO chromosomes we...
Topics
- Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte
- Asian People
- Base Sequence
- Elliptocytosis, Hereditary
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Indonesia
- Japan
