Heritage Of A Deadly Disease Pinpointed With Help From Iceland's Genealogical Database
Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 23:28
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have used Iceland's genealogical database to trace the ancestors of patients suffering from hereditary cystatin C amyloid angiopathy. Analysis shows that the deadly mutation in the cystatin C gene, L68Q, derives from a common ancestor born roughly 18 generations ago, around 1550AD.