Study of a trimeric tandem repeat locus (SBMA) in the Basque population: comparison with other populations.

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Study of a trimeric tandem repeat locus (SBMA) in the Basque population: comparison with other populations.

Gene geography : a computerized bulletin on human gene frequencies - 1 Apr 1997

Arrieta M I, Martinez B, Millan J M, Gil A, Monros E, Nuñez T, Telez M, Martinez F

Abstract excerpt

Microsatellites can be highly unstable and show a high level of polymorphism between individuals. Here we present the analysis of the CAG trinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the SBMA locus in 57 phenotypically normal individuals rigorously assigned to the Spanish Basque population. Results are c...

Topics

Ethnicity
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Male
Spain
Trinucleotide Repeats

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