Ethiopia: Between Sub-Saharan Africa and Western Eurasia

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 275-287

  Lovell, A ^a   Moreau, C ^a   Yotova, V ^a   Xiao, F ^a   Bourgeois, S ^a   Gehl, D ^a   Bertranpetit, J ^b   Schurr, E ^c   Labuda, Damian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amhara; Dys44; Ethiopian Jews; Oromo; Saharawi; Southern route; Yemenite Jews

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN SAHARA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 18144377426     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/J.1469-1809.2005.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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