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Genetic structure of human populations II. Differentiation of blood group gene frequencies among isolated populations
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Genetic structure of human populations II. Differentiation of blood group gene frequencies among isolated populations

  • Masatoshi Nei1 &
  • Yoko Imaizumi1 

Heredity volume 21, pages 183–190 (1966)Cite this article

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  1. Division of Genetics, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

    Masatoshi Nei & Yoko Imaizumi

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This investigation was supported in part by a grant from the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education, Japan.

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Nei, M., Imaizumi, Y. Genetic structure of human populations II. Differentiation of blood group gene frequencies among isolated populations. Heredity 21, 183–190 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1966.17

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  • Received: 25 July 1965

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