Identity and genetic ancestry tracing

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7378, 2002, Pages 1469-1471

  Elliott, Carl ^a   Brodwin, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HISTORY; IDENTITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037153735     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7378.1469     Document Type: Article

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