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Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) alleles in the Quechua, a high altitude South American native population

J. L. RUPERT, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
,
D. V. DEVINE, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
,
M. V. MONSALVE, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
&
P. W. HOCHACHKA
Pages 375-380 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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