Human-specific insertion/deletion polymorphisms in Indian populations and their possible evolutionary implications

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 435-446

  Majumder, Partha P ^c   Roy, Bidyut ^d   Banerjee, Sanat ^d   Chakraborty, Madan ^d   Dey, Badal ^d   Mukherjee, Namita ^d   Roy, Monami ^d   Thakurta, Piyali Guha ^a   Sil, Samir K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alu insertion; Genome diversity; Human evolution; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ALU ELEMENTS; ANTIGENS, CD4; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0032977064     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200317     Document Type: Article

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