Genetic characterization of the population of Grande Comore Island (Njazidja) according to major blood groups

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 527-541

  Chiaroni, Jacques ^a,b   Touinssi, Mhammed ^a   Frassati, Coralie ^a,b   Degioanni, Anna ^b   Gibert, Morgane ^a,b   Reviron, Denis ^a   Mercier, Pierre ^a   Boëtsch, Gilles ^b  

^a ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

ABO; Blood groups; Comoros islands; FY; Genetic anthropology; JK; KEL; MNS; Population structure; RH

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP DUFFY SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP KELL SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP KIDD SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP MNSS SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMOROS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; HUMAN; INDONESIA; LINGUISTICS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEROLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 13244253666     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0053     Document Type: Article

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