X-chromosome SNP analyses in 11 human Mediterranean populations show a high overall genetic homogeneity except in North-west Africans (Moroccans)

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tomas, Carmen ^a   Sanchez, Juan J ^a,b   Barbaro, Anna ^c   Brandt Casadevall, Conxita ^d   Hernandez, Alexis ^b   Ben Dhiab, Mohamed ^e   Ramon, Misericordia ^f   Morling, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

^c Sezione di Genetica Forense   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^e FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^f UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MOROCCO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOROCCO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42249097922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-75     Document Type: Article

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