Markers that discriminate between European and African ancestry show limited variation within Africa

Human Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 566-569

  Collin Schramm, Heather E ^a   Kittles, Rick A ^b   Operario, Darwin J ^a   Weber, James L ^c   Criswell, Lindsey A ^d   Cooper, Richard S ^e   Seldin, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MARKER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; EUROPE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036933821     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0818-z     Document Type: Article

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