Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , July 2010

A Japanese-specific allele in the GALNT11 gene

  • Isao Yuasa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-8503, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 859 38 6123; fax: +81 859 38 6120.
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  • Kazuo Umetsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan
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  • Aya Matsusue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Nishimukai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Legal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
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  • Shinji Harihara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yasuo Fukumori

      Affiliations

    • Osaka Red Cross Blood Center, Osaka, Japan
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  • Naruya Saitou

      Affiliations

    • Division of Population Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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  • Feng Jin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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  • Prasanta K. Chattopadhyay

      Affiliations

    • Amity Institute of Forensic Sciences, Defence Colony, New Delhi, India
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  • Lotte Henke

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Blutgruppenforschung, Cologne, Germany
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  • Jürgen Henke

      Affiliations

    • Institut für Blutgruppenforschung, Cologne, Germany

Received 15 February 2010 ,Revised 29 March 2010 ,Accepted 4 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.04.001

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 208-211 , July 2010

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