Human genetic affinities for Y-chromosome p49a, f/TaqI haplotypes show strong correspondence with linguistics

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1015-1035

  Poloni, E S ^a,b   Semino, O ^c   Passarino, G ^c,d   Santachiara Benerecetti, A S ^c   Dupanloup, I ^a,b   Langaney, A ^a,b   Excoffier, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030828855     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301602     Document Type: Article

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