High levels of Y-chromosome differentiation among native Siberian populations and the genetic signature of a boreal Hunter-Gatherer way of life

Human Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 761-789

  Karafet, Tatiana M ^a,b   Osipova, Ludmila P ^b   Gubina, Marina A ^b   Posukh, Olga L ^b   Zegura, Stephen L ^a   Hammer, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Genetic drift; Hunter Gatherers; Language families; Long distance colonization; Siberia; Y chromosome haplogroups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0037003075     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0006     Document Type: Article

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