New genetic evidence supports isolation and drift in the Ladin communities of the South Tyrolean Alps but not an ancient origin in the Middle East

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-134

  Thomas, Mark G ^a   Barnes, Ian ^a   Weale, Michael E ^b   Jones, Abigail L ^a   Forster, Peter ^c   Bradman, Neil ^a   Pramstaller, Peter P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; EUROPE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SWITZERLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 37248998792     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201906     Document Type: Article

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