Evidence for population sub-structuring in São Tomé e Príncipe as inferred from Y-chromosome STR analysis

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 271-283

  Trovoada, M J ^a,b   Alves, C ^b   Gusmao L ^b   Abade, A ^a   Amorim, A ^b   Prata, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0034932493     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480001008648     Document Type: Article

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