Genetic characterization of the population of São Luís, MA, Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-31

  Ferreira, Francileide Lisboa ^a   Leal Mesquita, Emygdia Rosa ^a   dos Santos, Sidney Emanuel Batista ^b   Ribeiro dos Santos, Ândrea Kely Campos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; DNA; Interethnic admixture; Polymorphisms; STRs; VNTRs

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 30644463503     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572005000100004     Document Type: Article

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