Sociobiology and HLA genetic polymorphism in hill tribes, the Irula of the Nilgiri hills and the Malayali of the Shevroy hills, south India

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-74

  Pitchappan, R M ^a   Balakrishnan, K ^a   Sudarsen, V ^b   Brahmajothi, V ^a   Mahendran, V ^a   Amalraj, S ^a   Santhakumari, R ^a   Vijayakumar, K ^c   Sivalingam, P ^d   Ramasamy, S ^c  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^c Nilgiri Adivasi Welf Assoc Hosp   (India)

^d Civil Assistant Surgeon   (India)

Author keywords

CLAN; HLA; INDIA; MARRIAGEABLE RANGE; TRIBES

Indexed keywords

CERVUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 0031081606     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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