Genetic heterogeneity in Northeastern India: Reflection of Tribe-Caste continuum in the genetic structure

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 334-345

  Kumar, Vikrant ^a   Basu, Debashis ^b   Reddy, B Mohan ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIA; MONGOLOID RACE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOLOGY; SPEECH;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; BLOOD PROTEINS; ENZYMES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA;

EID: 2342521211     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20027     Document Type: Article

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