The longue dureé of genetic ancestry: Multiple genetic marker systems and celtic origins on the atlantic facade of Europe

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 693-702

  McEvoy, Brian ^a   Richards, Martin ^b   Forster, Peter ^c   Bradley, Daniel G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; IRELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; Y CHROMOSOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ROMAN;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 4544225239     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424697     Document Type: Article

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