Patterns of Y-chromosome diversity intersect with the trans-New Guinea hypothesis

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2546-2555

  Mona, Stefano ^a,e   Tommaseo Ponzetta, Mila ^a   Brauer, Silke ^b,c   Sudoyo, Herawati ^d   Marzuki, Sangkot ^d   Kayser, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d EIJKMAN INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Indonesia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bird's Head Peninsula; New Guinea; Trans New Guinea hypothesis; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GUINEA; HEAD; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MELANESIA; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES;

EID: 35848962944     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm187     Document Type: Article

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