A tale of aborigines, conquerors and slaves: Alu insertion polymorphisms and the peopling of Canary Islands

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 600-605

  Maca Meyer, N ^a   Villar, J ^a   Perez Mendez L ^a   Cabrera de Leon A ^a   Flores, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alu insertion polymorphisms; Canary Islands; Iberia; Northwest Africa

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; ALU ELEMENTS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOFTWARE;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 11144268036     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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