Co-introgression of Y-chromosome haplogroups and the sickle cell gene across Africa's Sahel

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1183-1185

  Bereir, Rihab E ^a   Hassan, Hisham Y ^a   Salih, Niven A ^a   Underhill, Peter A ^a   Cavalli Sforza, Luigi L ^b   Hussain, Ayman A ^a   Kwiatkowski, Dominic ^c   Ibrahim, Muntaser E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; INTROGRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMOGLOBIN, SICKLE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 35548960058     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201892     Document Type: Article

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