Variation in DNA polymorphisms of the short arm of the human X chromosome: genetic affinity of Parsi from western India.

doi:10.1159/000154137

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Variation in DNA polymorphisms of the short arm of the human X chromosome: genetic affinity of Parsi from western India.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000

al-Maghtheh M, Ray V, Mastana S S, Garralda M D, Bhattacharya S S, Papiha S S

Abstract excerpt

Four DNA probes (L754, p99-6, pERT87-1 and pERT87-15) from the short arm of the human X chromosome were studied in two European (English and Spanish) and two Asiatic Indian (Maratha and Parsi) populations. All four RFLPs showed conclusive heterogeneity among the four populations. Nei's genetic di...

Topics

Alleles
DNA
DNA Probes
Ethnicity
Female
Gene Frequency
Humans
India
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
X Chromosome

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