The ins and outs of population relationships in west-Mediterranean islands: Data from autosomal Alu polymorphisms and Alu/STR compound systems

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 999-1010

  Gonzalez Perez, E ^a   Moral, P ^a   Via, M ^a   Vona, G ^b   Varesi, L ^c   Santamaria, J ^a   Gaya Vidal, M ^a   Esteban, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alu insertions; Alu STR haplotypes; Human populations; Mediterranean peopling

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GENETICS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALU ELEMENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION GROUPS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 36448962717     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0206-6     Document Type: Article

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