Biodemography and genetics of the Berba of Benin

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 519-535

  Biondi, Gianfranco ^a   Rickards, Olga ^b   Martinez Labarga, Cristina ^b   Taraborelli, Tea ^c   Ciminelli, Bianca ^b   Gruppioni, Giorgio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

African populations; Berba; Biodemography; Genetic polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADENYLATE KINASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ALLELES; BENIN; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0029929302     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199604)99:4<519::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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