Linkage disequilibrium and diversity for three genomic regions in Azoreans and mainland Portuguese

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-226

  Branco, Claudia C ^a,b   Pacheco, Paula R ^a,b   Cabrol, Ester ^a   Cabral, Rita ^a,b   Vicente, Astrid M ^b,c   Mota Vieira, Luisa ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DO DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; HLA; Linkage disequilibrium; S o Miguel; X chromosome; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 66649101378     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009000200003     Document Type: Article

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