Population Structure of São Miguel Island, Azores: A Surname Study

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 929-939

  Branco, Claudia C ^a,b   Mota Vieira, Luisa ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DO DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Isonymy; Population structure; Surnames and isolated population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 1242343786     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0002     Document Type: Article

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