Population genetics, history, and health patterns in Native Americans

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 295-315

  Mulligan, Connie J ^a   Hunley, Keith ^b   Cole, Suzanne ^b   Long, Jeffrey C ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic history; Mendelian and complex disease; Population structure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; ASIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE POOL; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HISTORY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

GENETICS, POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN;

EID: 5444226265     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.5.061903.175920     Document Type: Review

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