Y-chromosomal STR haplotype analysis reveals surname-associated strata in the East-German population

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 577-582

  Immel, Uta Dorothee ^a   Krawczak, Michael ^b   Udolph, Jürgen ^c   Richter, Angela ^a   Rodig, Heike ^d   Kleiber, Manfred ^a   Klintschar, Michael ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Biotype AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germans; Onomastics; Slavs; Surnames; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; GENE POOL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILLEGITIMACY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646069343     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201572     Document Type: Article

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