Detection of the signature of natural selection in humans: Evidence from the Duffy blood group locus

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1669-1679

  Hamblin, Martha T ^a   Di Rienzo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033911892     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302879     Document Type: Article

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