Genetics of the Chuetas (Majorcan jews): A comparative study

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-328

  Picornell, Antònia ^a   Castro, José A ^a   Ramon, M Misericor̀dia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

CHUETAS; GENE FREQUENCIES; JEWISH POPULATIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; JEW; MIGRATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; JEWS; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031172084     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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