The origin of sickle cell alleles in Israel.

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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 obtained from 10 unrelated families living in Israel. One is a Caucasian Jewish family, recently found to be carrying the...

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