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The Distribution of Blood Genetic Markers in Immigrant Chinese Populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

B. R. Hawkins
B. R. Hawkins*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Biology, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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The current data on the distribution of blood genetic markers in Chinese populations outside China have been reviewed and summarised. The Chinese were found to exhibit varying degrees of heterogeneity in some of the marker systems, and attempts have been made, where appropriate, to relate this heterogeneity to the diverse backgrounds in China of the populations studied.

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Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 139 - 166
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Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1973

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