Testing hypotheses of language replacement in the Caucasus: Evidence from the Y-chromosome

Human Genetics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-261

  Nasidze, Ivan ^a   Sarkisian, Tamara ^b   Kerimov, Azer ^c   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^c Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan Republic   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA;

ALLELE; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); Y CHROMOSOME; ADULT; ASIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE;

ADULT; ASIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0037359704     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0874-4     Document Type: Article

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