Paleolithic Y-haplogroup heritage predominates in a Cretan highland plateau

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 485-493

  Martinez, Laisel ^a   Underhill, Peter A ^b   Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^c   Gayden, Tenzin ^a   Moschonas, Nicholas K ^d   Chow, Cheryl Emiliane T ^b   Conti, Simon ^b   Mamolini, Elisabetta ^e   Cavalli Sforza, L Luca ^b   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; ITALY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TURKEY;

EID: 33947666082     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201769     Document Type: Article

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