How many populations set foot through the Patagonian door? Genetic composition of the current population of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) based on data from 19 Alu polymorphisms

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 827-835

  Resano, M ^a,b   Esteban, E ^a   Gonzalez Perez E ^a   Via M ^a   Athanasiadis, G ^a   Avena, S ^b,c   Goicoechea, A ^b,c   Bartomioli, M ^c,d   Fernandez V ^d   Cabrera, A ^d   Dejean, C ^b   Carnese, F ^b   Moral, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Privado del Sur   (Argentina)

^d Hospital Interzonal Dr Jose Penna   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; BIRTHPLACE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ALU ELEMENTS; ARGENTINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; URBAN POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 36049039128     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20648     Document Type: Article

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