Beta-globin gene cluster haplotypes as evidence of African gene flow to the Northeastern Coast of Venezuela

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-37

  Vívenes De Lugo, Merlyn ^a   Rodríguez Larralde, Alvaro ^a   Castro De Guerra, Dinorah ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BENIN; BETA THALASSEMIA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FLOW; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC DRIFT; HAPLOTYPE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; SENEGAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BETA-THALASSEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037243070     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10120     Document Type: Article

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