The genetic relationship among Iranian ethnic groups: An anthropological view based on HLA class II gene polymorphism

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1943-1950

  Farjadian, Shirin ^a,b   Ota, Massao ^c   Inoko, Hidetoshi ^d   Ghaderi, Abbas ^a,e  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Jikei University   (Japan)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Ethnic groups; HLA polymorphism; Iran

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IRAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 67650329361     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-008-9403-4     Document Type: Article

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