Lack of association between Y-chromosomal haplogroups and prostate cancer in the Korean population.

The Y chromosome has recently been suggested to have an association with prostate cancer risk in human populations. Since this chromosome is haploid and lacks recombination over most of its length, haplotypes constructed from binary markers throughout the chromosome can be used for association studi...

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Main Authors: Wook Kim, Tag-Keun Yoo, Sung-Joo Kim, Dong-Jik Shin, Chris Tyler-Smith, Han-Jun Jin, Kyoung-Don Kwak, Eun-Tak Kim, Yoon-Sun Bae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1766463?pdf=render