Differential Y-chromosome anatolian influences on the greek and cretan neolithic

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-214

  King, R J ^a   Ozcan S S ^b   Carter, T ^c   Kalfoglu, E ^b   Atasoy, S ^b   Triantaphyllidis, C ^d   Kouvatsi, A ^d   Lin, A A ^e   Chow, C E T ^e   Zhivotovsky, L A ^f   Michalodimitrakis, M ^g   Underhill, Peter A ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bread wheat; Bronze Age; Crete; Maritime migration; Neolithic Greece; Y chromosome diversity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; WHEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 38949109308     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2007.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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