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A gene for a second type of human estrogen receptor, the estrogen receptor β (ESRβ), was recently identified. We isolated a polymorphic dinucleotide CA repeat marker from a genomic clone containing the human estrogen receptor β gene. High heterozygosity (0.93) makes this polymorphism a useful marker in the genetic study of disorders affecting female endocrine systems; calcium metabolism; and breast, uterine, and ovarian cancers.
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Received: November 10, 1997 / Accepted: December 1, 1997
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Tsukamoto, K., Inoue, S., Hosoi, T. et al. Isolation and radiation hybrid mapping of dinucleotide repeat polymorphism at the human estrogen receptor β locus. J Hum Genet 43, 73–74 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380050043
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