Characterization of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in coding regions of human genes

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GeneticsSingle-nucleotide polymorphismBiologyAlleleGeneCoding regionAllele frequencyHuman genomeMissense mutationGenetic associationGenetic variationGenotypeMutationGenome

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 22
Issue: 3
Pages: 231-238
Citations: 1545
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                                    Michele Cargill, 
                                
                                    David Altshuler, 
                                
                                    James Ireland
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Characterization of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in coding regions of human genes. 
                            Nature Genetics
                            , 22
                            (3)
                            , 231-238.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/10290
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/10290