Restriction fragment length polymorphisms of type I collagen locus 2 (COL1A2) in two communities of African ancestry and other mixed populations of northwestern Ecuador

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-123

  Rickards, Olga ^a   Martínez Labarga, Cristina ^a   Trucchi, Emiliano ^a   Renzi, Fabio ^b   Casalotti, Rosa ^a   Babalini, Carla ^a   Biondi, Gianfranco ^c   Pepe, Guglielmina ^d   De Stefano, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Innova Pharma SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

COL1A2; EcoRI; Ecuador; Ecuadoran mixed populations; MspI; RsaI; Spanish population

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 21744454989     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0031     Document Type: Article

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