Genetic structure of Dagestan populations: A study of 11 Alu insertion polymorphisms

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-476

  Yunusbayev, Bayazit ^a   Kutuev, Ildus ^a   Khusainova, Rita ^a   Guseinov, Gadzhi ^b   Khusnutdinova, Elza ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b Central Hospital of Gumbetovsky District   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alu insertion polymorphisms; Caucasus; Dagestan; Genetic structure; Population genetics; Russia

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOSOME; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; GENE INSERTION; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; POPULATION GENETICS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33846213101     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0059     Document Type: Article

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