Genetic affinities among Mongol ethnic groups and their relationship to Turks

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 292-299

  Machulla, Helmut K G ^a   Batnasan, D ^a   Steinborn, F ^a   Uyar, F A ^b   Saruhan Direskeneli, G ^b   Oguz, F S ^d   Carin, M N ^d   Dorak, M T ^c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Martin Luther Univ Sch of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Altaic language group; Anthropology; Ethnic groups; Genetic distance; HLA polymorphism; Mongolia; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA CW ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONGOLIA; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MONGOLIA; PHYLOGENY; TURKEY;

EID: 0038630644     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0039.2003.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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