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Phenylketonuria and the peoples of Northern Ireland.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 1997
Zschocke J, Mallory J P, Eiken H G, Nevin N C
Abstract excerpt
The comparison of regional patterns of recessive disease mutations is a new source of information for studies of population genetics. The analysis of phenylketonuria (PKU) mutations in Northern Ireland shows that most major episodes of immigration have left a record in the modern genepool. The mutation 165T can be traced to the Palaeolithic people of western Europe who, in the Mesolithic period, first colonised...
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