The scale and nature of Viking settlement in Ireland from Y-chromosome admixture analysis

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1288-1294

  McEvoy, Brian ^a   Brady, Claire ^a   Moore, Laoise T ^a   Bradley, Daniel G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EUROPE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; IRELAND; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE;

EID: 33751321133     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201709     Document Type: Article

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