Ancient origin of the null allele se428 of the human ABO-secretor locus (FUT2)

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-248

  Koda, Yoshiro ^a   Tachida, Hidenori ^b   Soejima, Mikiko ^a   Takenaka, Osamu ^c   Kimura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balancing selection; FUT2 gene; Neutrality test; Old polymorphism; Secretor gene; (1,2) Fucosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0033921797     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910028     Document Type: Article

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