Transferrin polymorphism in the Nansei Islands: Description of a new variant TF dama and clines of allele frequencies in Japanese populations

Anthropological Science

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-219

  Ago, Kazutoshi ^a   Yuasa, Isao ^b   Tsuganezawa, Osao ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geographical cline; Japanese; Polymorphism; Population study; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032116924     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.106.209     Document Type: Article

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