Population history of the Dniester-Carpathians: Evidence from Alu markers

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 308-316

  Varzari, Alexander ^a,b,e   Stephan, Wolfgang ^b   Stepanov, Vadim ^f   Raicu, Florina ^c   Cojocaru, Radu ^d   Roschin, Yuri ^e   Glavce, Cristiana ^c   Dergachev, Valentin ^e   Spiridonova, Maria ^f   Schmidt, Horst D ^g   Weiss, Elisabeth ^b  

^a National Center of Reproductive Health and Medical Genetics   (Moldova)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^d National Scientific and App Ce for Preventive Medicine Ministry of Health Republic of Moldova   (Moldova)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alu insertion; DNA polymorphism; Gagauzes; Moldavians; Population structure; Romanians; Ukrainians

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASIA; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; ITALY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UKRAINE; USSR;

EID: 33947640946     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0113-x     Document Type: Article

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