Genetic variation of apolipoproteins in North Indians

Human Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 673-682

  Singh, Puneet Pal ^a   Singh, Monica ^a   Mastana, Sarabjit S ^b  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Caste structure; Genetic distance; Marker frequencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036815572     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2002.0057     Document Type: Article

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