Population genetic characteristics of the D1S80 locus in seven human populations.

doi:10.1007/BF00208279

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Population genetic characteristics of the D1S80 locus in seven human populations.

Human genetics - 1 Sept 1994

Deka R, DeCroo S, Jin L, McGarvey S T, Rothhammer F, Ferrell R E, Chakraborty R

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We have analyzed the allele frequency distribution at the highly polymorphic variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) locus D1S80 (pMCT118) in seven ethnic populations (namely, New Guinea Highlanders of Papua New Guinea, Dogrib Indians of Canada, Pehuenche Indians of Chile, American and Western Sa...

Topics

Alleles
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
DNA
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
Ethnicity
Gene Frequency
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid

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