Polymorphic Alu insertions in five North-West Italian populations

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 589-592

  Santovíto, Alfredo ^a   Selvaggi, A ^a   Cervella, P ^a   Castellano, S ^a   Bigatti, M P ^a   Sella, G ^a   Delpero, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ALU ELEMENTS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; ITALY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 34447337490     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20605     Document Type: Article

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