Genetic investigation of the patrilineal kinship structure of early medieval Ireland

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-422

  McEvoy, Brian ^a   Simms, Katharine ^a   Bradley, Daniel G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DNA; Surnames; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; KIN SELECTION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIDDLE AGES; PHENOTYPE; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NAMES; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GROUPS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 47749135850     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20823     Document Type: Article

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