Understanding inherited disease through human migrations: A south-west Asian perspective

Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 153-156

  McElreavey, K ^a   Quintana Murci, L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b University of Lyon 2   (France)

Author keywords

mtDNA; Population genetics; South West Asia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036434249     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066328     Document Type: Article

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