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Polymorphisms and allele frequencies of the ABO blood group gene among the Jomon, Epi-Jomon and Okhotsk people in Hokkaido, northern Japan, revealed by ancient DNA analysis.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2010
Sato Takehiro, Kazuta Hisako, Amano Tetsuya, Ono Hiroko, Ishida Hajime, Kodera Haruto, Matsumura Hirofumi, Yoneda Minoru, Dodo Yukio, Masuda Ryuichi
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the genetic characteristics of the ancient populations of Hokkaido, northern Japan, polymorphisms of the ABO blood group gene were analyzed for 17 Jomon/Epi-Jomon specimens and 15 Okhotsk specimens using amplified product-length polymorphism and restriction fragment length polymorp...
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