New rare variants and interpretation of the genetic diversity at the group-specific component (GC) locus in populations of India

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 795-818

  Mastana, S S ^a   Constans, J ^b   Papiha, S S ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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