Iranian human genome project: Overview of a research process among Iranian ethnicities

Indian Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 88-92

  Banihashemi, Kambiz ^a  

^a AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Human genome project; Iranian ethnicities; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ETHNICITY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; MARKER CHROMOSOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77949644516     PISSN: 09716866     EISSN: 1998362X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.60182     Document Type: Review

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