Lewis gonetyping by the PCR-RFLP method in a Japanese population and its evaluation in forensic analysis

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 232-234

  Ameno, S ^a   Ameno, K ^a   Kinoshita, H ^a   Tanaka, N ^a   Ijiri, I ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic analysis; Japanese population; Lewis genotyping; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP LEWIS SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKER GENE; PATERNITY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; MALE; PATERNITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030610177     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050075     Document Type: Article

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