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Mitochondrial respiratory chain disorders in the Old Order Amish population.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Aug 2016
Ghaloul-Gonzalez Lina, Goldstein Amy, Walsh Vockley Catherine, Dobrowolski Steven F, Biery Amy, Irani Afifa, Ibarra Jordan, Morton D Holmes, Mohsen Al-Walid, Vockley Jerry
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The Old Order Amish populations in the US are one of the Plain People groups and are descendants of the Swiss Anabaptist immigrants who came to North America in the early eighteenth century. They live in numerous small endogamous demes that have resulted in reduced genetic diversity along with a high prevalence of specific genetic disorders, many of them autosomal recessive. Mitochondrial respiratory chain...
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