Distribution of the CCR5delta32 allele (gene variant CCR5) in Rondônia, Western Amazonian region, Brazil

Since around 1723, on the occasion of its initial colonization by Europeans, Rondonia has received successive waves of immigrants. This has been further swelled by individuals from northeastern Brazil, who began entering at the beginning of the twentieth century. The ethnic composition varies across...

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Main Authors: Josileide Duarte de Farias, Marlene Guimarães Santos, Andonai Krauze de França, Daniel Delani, Mauro Shugiro Tada, Almeida Andrade Casseb, Aguinaldo Luiz Simões, Vera Engracia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2012-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572012000100003