Transferrin variants as markers of migrations and admixture between populations in the Baltic Sea region

Human Heredity

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 185-191

  Beckman, L ^a   Sikstrom C ^a   Mikelsaar, A V ^b   Krumina, A ^c   Ambrasiene, D ^d   Kucinskas V ^d   Beckman, G ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Admixture; Baltic populations; Migration; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; FINLAND; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROTEIN VARIANT; SWEDEN;

ALLELES; BALTIC STATES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; SWEDEN; TRANSFERRIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031878410     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022800     Document Type: Article

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