Qatari DNA variation at a crossroad of human migrations

Human Heredity

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-79

  Pérez Miranda, Ana M ^a,b   Alfonso Sánchez, Miguel A ^b   Peña, José A ^b   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; Autosomal STRs; CODIS; Consanguinity; Genomic diversity; Horn of Africa; Microsatellite; Migratory corridor; Phylogenetic analysis; Qatar

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AFRICA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARAB; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOSOME; EGYPT; EXPECTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRATION; OSCILLATION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; QATAR; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ALLELES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QATAR; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33745091774     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092648     Document Type: Article

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