A private allele ubiquitous in the Americas

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-223

  Schroeder, K B ^a   Schurr, T G ^b   Long, J C ^c   Rosenberg, N A ^c   Crawford, M H ^d   Tarskaia, L A ^e   Osipova, L P ^f   Zhadanov, S I ^b,f   Smith, D G ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D9S1120; HGDP CEPH; Migration; Native American

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

BERING ISLAND; EURASIA; KAMCHATKA; KOMANDORSKI ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37349037462     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0609     Document Type: Article

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