The effect of genetic drift in a young genetically isolated population

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 288-295

  Pardo, L M ^a   MacKay, I ^b   Oostra, B ^a   van Duijn, C M ^a   Aulchenko, Yurii S ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Oxagen Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18144362129     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/J.1469-1809.2005.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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