High-resolution analysis of Y-chromosomal polymorphisms reveals signatures of population movements from Central Asia and West Asia into India

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 125-135

  Mukherjee, Namita ^a   Nebel, Almut ^b   Oppenheim, Ariella ^b   Majumder, Partha P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genome diversity; Haplogroup; Haplotype; Short tandem repeat; Unique event polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ASIA, CENTRAL; ASIA, WESTERN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS); Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0035657669     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02717908     Document Type: Article

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