[The structure and diversiity of hereditary pathology in Sakha Republic (Yakutia)]

Genetika. 2004 Nov;40(11):1530-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The diversity of Mendelian hereditary pathology has been studied in Sakha Republic (Yakutia). The sample comprised 1 000 700 subjects, including 363 316 Yakuts, 14 428 Evenks, 8668 Evens, 550 263 Russians, and 64 025 subjects from other ethnic groups. Fifty-one autosomal dominant (AD) diseases, including five diseases with frequencies of 1 : 50 000 or higher; 40 autosomal recessive (AR) diseases, including eight diseases with frequencies of 1 : 50 000 or higher in the Yakut population; and five X-linked diseases have been detected.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Genes, Dominant
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / epidemiology*
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / genetics
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / pathology
  • Humans
  • Siberia