Use of short tandem repeats loci to study the genetic structure of several populations from Zulia State, Venezuela

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 451-459

  Zabala Fernández, William M ^a   Borjas Fajardo, L ^a   Fernandez Salgado E ^a   Castillo, C ^a   Socca, L ^a   Portillo, M G ^a   Sanchez M A ^a   Delgado, W ^a   Morales Machin, A ^a   Layrisse, Z ^b   Pineda Bernal, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; VENEZUELA;

ALLELES; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 23844534818     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20409     Document Type: Article

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