Local population structure in Arabian Peninsula revealed by Y-STR diversity

Human Heredity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-54

  Alshamali, Farida ^a   Pereira, Luísa ^b,c   Budowle, Bruce ^d   Poloni, Estella S ^e   Currat, Mathias ^e  

^a Dubai eGovernment Dubai Police   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabian Peninsula; Population structure; Y STR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUBAI; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; YEMEN; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 63349105413     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000210448     Document Type: Article

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