An analysis of polymorphism for the ABO blood group genes in a Japanese population based on polymerase chain reaction

Anthropological Science

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-121

  Kobayashi, Ken ^a   Iwasaki, Makoto ^a   Anan, Kazuaki ^a   Suzuki, Yumi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Tamai, Seiichi ^a   Saitou, Naruya ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; Allele frequency; Central Japanese population; PCR RFLP; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033420790     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.107.109     Document Type: Article

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