Article
The origin of sickle cell alleles in Israel.
Human genetics - 1 Oct 1990
Rund D, Kornhendler N, Shalev O, Oppenheim A
Abstract excerpt
Molecular genetic studies were undertaken to determine the source of chromosomes carrying the sickle cell allele in Israeli patients. Analysis of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) patterns (haplotypes) along the beta-globin gene cluster was performed on 31 sickle chromosomes obtaine...
Topics
- Africa
- Alleles
- DNA
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Globins
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Israel
- Jews
- Male
- Multigene Family
- Pedigree
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length