Microsatellite variation at 24 STR Loci in three endogamous Groups of Uttar Pradesh, India

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 97-104

  Agrawal, Suraksha ^a   Müller, Bartram ^b   Bharadwaj, Uddalak ^a   Bhatnagar, Suhasini ^a   Sharma, Arundhati ^a   Khan, Faisal ^a   Agarwal, S S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bhargava; Brahmin; Chaturvedi; Genetic distance; North India; STR markers; Surname endogamy

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; POPULATION GENETICS; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0344838349     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0014     Document Type: Article

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