Joining the pillars of hercules: mtDNA sequences show multidirectional gene flow in the Western Mediterranean

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 312-328

  Plaza, S ^a   Calafell, F ^a   Helal, A ^b   Bouzerna, N ^c   Lefranc, G ^d   Bertranpetit, J ^a   Comas, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; Y CHROMOSOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1542360077     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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