Polymorphism of the human ABO-Secretor locus (FUT2) in four populations in Asia: Indication of distinct Asian subpopulations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 429-437

  Pang, H ^a   Koda, Y ^a   Soejima, M ^a   Fujitani, N ^a   Ogaki, T ^b   Saito, A ^b   Kawasaki, T ^b   Kimura, H ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDONESIA; MIGRATION; NEPAL; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035208811     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2001.6550429.x     Document Type: Article

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