Haplotypes of α-globin gene regulatory element in two Brazilian native populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-62

  Ribeiro, Daniela M ^a   Figueiredo, Maria S ^b   Costa, Fernando F ^a   Sonati, Maria F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

MRE haplotypes; Brazilian population; Genetic polymorphisms; South American Indians

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMOSOME 16; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN;

ASIA; BRAZIL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLOBINS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0344088491     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10193     Document Type: Article

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