Unique origin of Andaman Islanders: Insight from autosomal loci

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 800-804

  Thangaraj, K ^a   Chaubey, G ^a,b   Reddy, A G ^a   Singh, V K ^a   Singh, L ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Andamanese; Autosomes; Enigmatic tribes; Microsatellites; Nicobarese; Onge; STRs

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748658026     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-006-0026-0     Document Type: Article

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