APOE distribution in world populations with new data from India and the UK

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-308

  Singh, P P ^a   Singh, M ^a   Mastana, Sarabjit S ^b  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APOE; Disease susceptibility; Genetic clines; Genetic diversity; Genetic variation; India; Isolation by distance; UK; Worldwide

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALLELE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

APOLIPOPROTEINS E; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747165894     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460600594513     Document Type: Article

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