Brief communication: Y-chromosome haplotypes in Egypt

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-66

  Lucotte, Gérard ^a,b   Mercier, G ^a  

^a Intl Institute of Anthropology   (France)

^b Centre de Neurogenetique Moleculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Egypt; Nile River Valley; Y chromosome haplotypes

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EGYPT; GENEALOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VENOUS BLOOD; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EGYPT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037404955     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10190     Document Type: Article

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