Is urbanization scrambling the genetic structure of human populations? A case study

Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Ashrafian Bonab, M ^a   Handley, L J Lawson ^a   Balloux, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Human populations; Iran; mtDNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; IMMIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; URBANIZATION;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; URBANIZATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33847285483     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800918     Document Type: Article

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