Ethnic-affiliation estimation by use of population-specific DNA markers

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 957-964

  Shriver, Mark D ^a   Smith, Michael W ^b   Jin, Li ^c   Marcini, Amy ^a   Akey, Joshua M ^a   Deka, Ranjan ^a   Ferrell, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNOLOGY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030946551     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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