Diversity of 26-locus Y-STR haplotypes in a Nepalese population sample: Isolation and drift in the Himalayas

Forensic Science International

Volumn 166, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 176-181

  Parkin, Emma J ^a   Kraayenbrink, Thirsa ^b   Opgenort, Jean Robert M L ^c   van Driem, George L ^c   Tuladhar, Nirmal Man ^d   de Knijff, Peter ^b   Jobling, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Haplotype; Himalayas; Microsatellites; Nepal; STRs; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NEPAL; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33847045898     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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