Genetic structure in contemporary South Tyrolean isolated populations revealed by analysis of Y-chromosome, mtDNA, and Alu polymorphisms

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-464

  Pichler, Irene ^a   Mueller, Jakob C ^b,c,d   Stefanov, Stefan A ^e   De Grandi, Alessandro ^a   Volpato, Claudia Beu ^a   Pinggera, Gerd K ^a   Mayr, Agnes ^f   Ogriseg, Martin ^g   Ploner, Franz ^h   Meitinger, Thomas ^d,i   Pramstaller, Peter P ^a,j,k  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Hospital of Brunico   (Italy)

^g Hospital of Bressanone   (Italy)

^h Department of Gynaecology/Obstetrics   (Italy)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Alpine populations; Alu; Demographic history; Ladins; mtDNA; South Tyrol; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANDSCAPE; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOPOGRAPHY; Y CHROMOSOME;

GARDENA;

EID: 33846204290     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0057     Document Type: Article

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