Immunoglobulin allotypes in southwest Asia: Populations at the crossroads

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 671-682

  Schanfield, Moses S ^a   Ferrell, Robert E ^b   Hossaini, Ali A ^c   Sandler, S Gerald ^d   Stevenson, Joan C ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPE;

AFRICA; ALLOTYPE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE EAST; NEGRO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARABS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GM ALLOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KM ALLOTYPES; MIDDLE EAST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 58849149563     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20792     Document Type: Article

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