The STR polymorphisms in intron 8 may provide information about the molecular evolution of RH haplotypes

Human Genetics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 301-306

  Fujiwara, H ^a   Okuda, H ^a   Omi, T ^a   Iwamoto, S ^a   Tanaka, Y ^b   Takahashi, J ^b   Tani, Y ^b   Minakami, H ^a   Araki, S ^a   Sato, I ^a   Kajii, E ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUWA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRON; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 0032971046     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050958     Document Type: Article

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