Beta-Globin Gene Cluster Haplotypes in an Admixed Venezuelan Population

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-327

  De Guerra, Dinorah Castro ^a   Hutz, Mara Helena ^b   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^b   Salzano, Francisco Mauro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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EID: 0012668088     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(1997)9:3<323::AID-AJHB5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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