Abstract
We report a PvuII polymorphism near exon 2 of the dystrophin gene with a heterozygosity frequency of 0.5.
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Cross, G.S., Donnelly, J.T. & Sharif, A.L. A PvuII polymorphism near exon 2 of the dystrophin gene. Hum Genet 94, 454–455 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00201615
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