Blood group O alleles in Native Americans: Implications in the peopling of the Americas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-94

  Estrada Mena, Benito ^a   Estrada, F Javier ^b   Ulloa Arvizu, Raúl ^a   Guido, Miriam ^a   Méndez, Rocío ^g   Coral, Ramón ^c   Canto, Thelma ^d   Granados, Julio ^b,e   Rubí Castellanos, Rodrigo ^f   Rangel Villalobos, Héctor ^f   García Carrancá, Alejandro ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PANAMERICANA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^e SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

ABO; Americas peopling; Blood groups; Founder effect; Genetic drift; Native American populations

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 77950857102     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21204     Document Type: Article

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