Genotyping and allele designation of the APOB 3’VNTR polymorphism and its association to variation in lipid levels
Gene fragment analysis of the 3’ VNTR locus (Figure 1) was found to be a simple and a rapid method for high-throughput genotyping. The data obtained proved to be highly variable in the Kuwaiti population with at least 43 different genotypes observed comprising 11 alleles ranging from as little as 31 repeats to as high as 51.