Article
Haplotype analysis in Australian hemochromatosis patients: evidence for a predominant ancestral haplotype exclusively associated with hemochromatosis.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1995
Jazwinska E C, Pyper W R, Burt M J, Francis J L, Goldwurm S, Webb S I, Lee S C, Halliday J W, Powell L W
Abstract excerpt
Hemochromatosis (HC), an inherited disorder of iron metabolism, shows a very strong founder effect in Australia, with the majority of patients being of Celtic (Scots/Irish) origin. Australian HC patients thus provide an ideal group in which to examine HC-gene-region haplotypes, to analyze the extent of linkage disequilibrium and genetic heterogeneity in HC. We have analyzed chromosomes from 26 multiply affected...
Topics
- Australia
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast
- DNA, Satellite
- Founder Effect
- Genetic Markers
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Hemochromatosis
- Humans
