Alu insertion polymorphisms in NW Africa and the Iberian Peninsula: Evidence for a strong genetic boundary through the Gibraltar Straits

Human Genetics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 312-319

  Comas, David ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^a   Benchemsi, Noufissa ^c   Helal, Ahmed ^d   Lefranc, Gerard ^e   Stoneking, Mark ^f   Batzer, Mark A ^g   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^a   Sajantila, Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^e INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIBRALTAR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0033764708     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390000370     Document Type: Article

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