Y-chromosome diversity is inversely associated with language affiliation in paired Austronesian- and Papuan-speaking communities from Solomon Islands

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-50

  Cox, Murray P ^a,b   Lahr, Marta Mirazón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLOMON ISLANDS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MELANESIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 31344433978     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20459     Document Type: Article

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