Recent genetic selection in the ancestral admixture of Puerto Ricans

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 626-633

  Tang, Hua ^a   Choudhry, Shweta ^b   Mei, Rui ^d   Morgan, Martin ^e   Rodriguez Cintron, William ^f,g   Burchard, Esteban González ^b   Risch, Neil J ^b,c,h  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f VA Caribbean Healthcare System Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^h DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 11Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHROMOSOME 8Q; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548210938     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520769     Document Type: Article

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