Alu polymorphisms in Jerba Island population (Tunisia): Comparative study in Arab and Berber groups

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 634-640

  Ennafaa, Hajer ^a   Amor, Mohamed Ben ^a   Yacoubi Loueslati, Besma ^a   El Khil, Hussein Khodjet ^a   Gonzalez Perez, Emili ^b   Moral, Pedro ^b   Maca Meyer, Nicole ^c   Elgaaied, Amel ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alu polymorphisms; Arabs; Berbers; Jerba Island

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; POLYMORPHISM; RELATEDNESS;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS; TUNISIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALU ELEMENTS; ARABS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TUNISIA;

AFRICA; DJERBA; MEDENINE; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 33847735132     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460600931087     Document Type: Article

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