Peopling of the Azores Islands (Portugal): Data from the Y chromosome

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-199

  Fernando, Olga ^a   Mota, Paulo ^a   Lima, Manuela ^b   Silva, Catarina ^b   Montiel, Rafael ^b   Amorim, António ^a   Prata, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores archipelago; Binary polymorphisms; Haplogroups; Portugal; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PORTUGAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 23844491468     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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