The Y-chromosomal heritage of the Azores islands population

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-156

  Pacheco, P R ^a,b   Branco, C C ^a,b   Cabral, R ^a,b   Costa, S ^a,b   Araujo A L ^a   Peixoto, B R ^a,b   Mendonca P ^a   Mota Vieira, Luisa ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DO DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores islands; Y chromosome; Y SNP; Y STR

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; FRANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; JEW; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 14944343828     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2004.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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