Genetic diversity of two African and sixteen South American populations determined on the basis of six hypervariable loci

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 425-437

  Da Silva Jr , Wilson Araújo ^a,b,c   Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^d   Meyer, Diogo ^e   Salzano, Francisco Mauro ^d   Elion, Jacques ^f   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^f   Schneider, Maria Paula Cruz ^a   Castro De Guerra, Dinorah ^g   Layrisse, Zulay ^g   Mendez Castellano, Hernan ^h   Weimer, Tania De Azevedo ^d   Zago, Marco Antonio ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hemocentro de Ribeirão Preto ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^g INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^h Fund Estud Crecimiento D   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Africans; DNA polymorphisms; Genetic diversity; South American blacks; VNTR

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; SOUTH AMERICA; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; BRAZIL; CAMEROON; CONGO; CONSANGUINITY; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); VENEZUELA;

EID: 0345211620     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199908)109:4<425::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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