Re-evaluation of the β-globin gene cluster haplotypes in Japanese, Koreans, and three Colombian Amerinds (Wayuu, Kamsa, and Inga tribes)

Anthropological Science

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-114

  Shimizu, Koji ^a   Harihara, Shinji ^b  

^a NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

globin gene cluster haplotype; Colombian Amerinds; Japanese; Koreans

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 9144245652     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00083     Document Type: Article

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