title: Population frequencies of three DNA alleles linked to the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene.
abstract: To enquire whether the known X linked probes linked to the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene vary in their RFLP frequencies, three probes, 754, XJ1.1, and pERT87.8, were tested in European, Indian Muslim, and West African samples. Though the average heterozygosity for the three together is fairly similar in the three populations, significant differences in allele frequencies were evident.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Papiha
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burn
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gardner-Medwin
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D004247:DNA / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D004739:England; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D004247:DNA