Brief communication: Molecular characterization of O alleles at the ABO locus in Chilean Aymara and Huilliche Indians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 535-538

  Llop, Elena ^a   Henríquez, Hugo ^a,d   Moraga, Mauricio ^a   Castro, Mario ^a,b   Rothhammer, Francisco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

ABO blood group system; Aymara and Huilliche Indians; Genetic admixture markers; Molecular alleles

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CHILE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALLELES; CHILE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 33751076796     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20462     Document Type: Article

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