Alu insertion polymorphisms in the Balkans and the origins of the Aromuns

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-127

  Comas, David ^a   Schmid, H ^a,b   Braeuer, S ^a,b   Flaiz, C ^a,b   Busquets, A ^a   Calafell, F ^a   Bertranpetit, J ^a   Scheil, H G ^c   Huckenbeck, W ^c   Efremovska, L ^d   Schmidt, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY OF SKOPJE   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MACEDONIA (REPUBLIC); POPULATION MIGRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; ROMANIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALU ELEMENTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE, EASTERN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREECE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TURKEY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

INSERTION SEQUENCES; THRACIA;

EID: 12144291319     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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