History and geography of human Y-chromosome in Europe: A SNP perspective

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 86, Issue , 2008, Pages 59-89

  Francalacci, Paolo ^a   Sanna, Daria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Non recombining portion; Phylogeography; Population genetics; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449111614     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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