The X chromosome Alu insertions as a tool for human population genetics: Data from European and African human groups

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 578-583

  Athanasiadis, Georgios ^a   Esteban, Esther ^a   Via, Marc ^a   Dugoujon, Jean Michel ^b   Moschonas, Nicholas ^c   Chaabani, Hassen ^d   Moral, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; EGYPT; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOROCCO; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TUNISIA; X CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALU ELEMENTS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 34247566131     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201797     Document Type: Article

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