Extensive female-mediated gene flow from sub-Saharan Africa into Near Eastern Arab populations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1058-1064

  Richards, Martin ^a   Rengo, Chiara ^b,c   Cruciani, Fulvio ^b   Gratrix, Fiona ^d   Wilson, James F ^e   Scozzari, Rosaria ^b   Macaulay, Vincent ^f   Torroni, Antonio ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0037385482     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374384     Document Type: Article

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