Investigation of the RH locus in gorillas and chimpanzees

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 658-668

  Westhoff, Connie M ^a   Wylie, Dwane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alu repeat elements; Chimpanzee; Gorilla; PCR amplification; Primates; Rh blood group system; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

RHESUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GORILLA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENES; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 0029950561     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338799     Document Type: Article

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