Genes mirror geography within Europe

Nature

Volumn 456, Issue 7218, 2008, Pages 98-101

  Novembre, John ^a,b   Johnson, Toby ^c,d,e   Bryc, Katarzyna ^f   Kutalik, Zoltán ^c,e   Boyko, Adam R ^f   Auton, Adam ^f   Indap, Amit ^f   King, Karen S ^g   Bergmann, Sven ^c,e   Nelson, Matthew R ^g   Stephens, Matthew ^b   Bustamante, Carlos D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^f Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOMINID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 55549115654     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07331     Document Type: Article

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