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Effect of mitochondrial, APOE, ACE and NOS3 gene polymorphisms on cardiovascular risk factors among the Vaqueiros de Alzada, a Northern Spain human isolate.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Gómez Pedro, Gómez Juan, Corao Ana I, De Canga Julio, Coto Eliecer
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Vaqueiros de Alzada are a human isolate from Asturias, a Northern Spain region. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain the origin of Vaqueiros. METHODS AND RESULTS: To determine whether the Vaqueiros and non-Vaqueiros from the same region have different genetic backgrounds, this study analysed nine mtDNA polymorphisms that define the common European mitochondrial haplogroups in a cohort...
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