Dinucleotide repeat in the 3' flanking region provides a clue to the molecular evolution of the Duffy gene

Human Genetics

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-577

  Li, Jianping ^a,b   Iwamoto, Sadahiko ^a   Sugimoto, Naoya ^a   Okuda, Hiroshi ^a   Kajii, Eiji ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; CHIMPANZEE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; DNA PRIMERS; DUFFY BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; JAPAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030937720     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050408     Document Type: Article

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