Further evidence of an Amerindian contribution to the Polynesian gene pool on Easter Island

Tissue Antigens

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 582-585

  Thorsby, E ^a   Flm, S T ^a   Woldseth, B ^a   Dupuy, B M ^b   Sanchez Mazas, A ^c   Fernandez Vina, M A ^d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amerindian; Easter Island; Human leukocyte antigen alleles; Mitochondrial DNA; Polynesian; Y chromosomes

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA CW ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKER; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYNESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNESIA;

EID: 65649131161     PISSN: 00012815     EISSN: 13990039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.2009.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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