The Himalayas as a directional barrier to gene flow

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 884-894

  Gayden, Tenzin ^a   Cadenas, Alicia M ^a   Regueiro, Maria ^a   Singh, Nanda B ^b,c   Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^d   Underhill, Peter A ^e   Cavalli Sforza, Luigi L ^e   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 34247563277     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516757     Document Type: Article

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