Allele frequencies of a SNP and a 27-bp deletion that are the determinant of earwax type in the ABCC11 gene

Takashi Kitano; Isao Yuasa; Kentaro Yamazaki; Nori Nakayashiki; Aya Miyoshi; Kyung Sook Park; Kazuo Umetsu

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.08.003

Allele frequencies of a SNP and a 27-bp deletion that are the determinant of earwax type in the ABCC11 gene

Leg Med (Tokyo). 2008 Mar;10(2):113-4. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.08.003. Epub 2007 Nov 26.

Authors

Takashi Kitano¹, Isao Yuasa, Kentaro Yamazaki, Nori Nakayashiki, Aya Miyoshi, Kyung Sook Park, Kazuo Umetsu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Experimental and Forensic Pathology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 18037328
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.08.003

Abstract

Allele frequencies for a SNP (rs17822931) and a 27-bp deletion that are the determinant of earwax type in the ABCC11 gene were investigated in seven Japanese, one Korean, and one German populations. The SNP will be useful as one of ancestry information markers, because it showed marked difference in frequencies between Asian and European populations.

MeSH terms

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics*
Cerumen*
Gene Deletion*
Gene Frequency*
Genetics, Population
Humans
Japan
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*

Substances

ABCC11 protein, human
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters