Genealogy and genes: Tracing the founding fathers of Tristan da Cunha

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 705-709

  Soodyall, Himla ^a   Nebel, Almut ^a   Morar, Bharti ^a   Jenkins, Trefor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bi allelic and microsatellite polymorphisms; Genealogy; Tristan da Cunha; Y chromosomes

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FATHER; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATERNITY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FOUNDER EFFECT; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0141590210     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201022     Document Type: Article

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