Population history of North Africa: Evidence from classical genetic markers

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-311

  Bosch, E ^a   Calafell, F ^a,c   Perez Lezaun A ^a   Comas, D ^a   Mateu, E ^a,b   Bertranpetit, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Inst Munic de Salut Pública   (Spain)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ELECTROPHORETIC POLYMORPHISMS; GENE FREQUENCIES; GENETIC DISTANCES; NORTH AFRICA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031172422     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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