β-Fibrinogen allele frequencies in Peruvian Quechua, a high-altitude native population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-186

  Rupert, Jim L ^a   Devine, Dana V ^a   Monsalve, M Victoria ^a   Hochachka, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Fibrinogen; Hypoxia; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ALTITUDE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN AFFINITY; PERU; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ALTITUDE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FIBRINOGEN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0033033323     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199906)109:2<181::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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