Human plasma protein polymorphisms and the persistence of cultural diversity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 43, 2012, Pages

  Delanghe, Joris ^a   Speeckaert, Marijn ^a   De Buyzere, Marc L ^a   Langlois, Michel ^a   Torck, Mathieu ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; HAPTOGLOBIN; HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN 1; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LETTER; OSTEOMALACIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETS; SCURVY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUN EXPOSURE; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84867912815     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1211000109     Document Type: Letter

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