A reassessment of genetic diversity in Icelanders: Strong evidence from multiple loci for relative homogeneity caused by genetic drift

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-297

  Helgason, Agnar ^a   Nicholson, G ^b   Stefansson K ^a   Donnelly, P ^b  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SIMULATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; Y CHROMOSOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0142068605     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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