Population genetics of trinucleotide repeat polymorphisms.

doi:10.1093/hmg/4.9.1485

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Population genetics of trinucleotide repeat polymorphisms.

Human molecular genetics - 1 Sept 1995

Watkins W S, Bamshad M, Jorde L B

Abstract excerpt

Trinucleotide repeats at five disease loci (DM, DRPLA, HD, SBMA and SCA1) were surveyed in phenotypically normal individuals from three continental populations. This is the first analysis to examine the population dynamics of these five disease-related trinucleotide repeats in the same individual...

Topics

Alleles
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymorphism, Genetic
Racial Groups
Trinucleotide Repeats

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