A Y chromosome census of the British Isles

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 979-984

  Capelli, Cristian ^a,g   Redhead, Nicola ^a   Abernethy, Julia K ^a   Gratrix, Fiona ^a   Wilson, James F ^a   Moen, Torolf ^b   Hervig, Tor ^c   Richards, Martin ^d   Stumpf, Michael P H ^a,h   Underhill, Peter A ^e   Bradshaw, Paul ^f   Shaha, Alom ^f   Thomas, Mark G ^a   Bradman, Neal ^a   Goldstein, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 12444324656     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00373-7     Document Type: Article

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