Microsatellite variation and evolution, of the human Duffy blood group polymorphism [3]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1802-1806

  Seixas, Susana ^a   Ferrand, Nuno ^a   Rocha, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Human Duffy blood group; Malarial selection; Microsatellite variation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALARIA; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0036792107     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004003     Document Type: Letter

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