Inter- and extra-Indian admixture and genetic diversity in Reunion Island revealed by analysis of mitochondrial DNA

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-334

  Dubut, Vincent ^a,b   Murail, Pascal ^a   Pech, Nicolas ^b   Thionville, Marie Dominique ^c   Cartault, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Admixture; Ethnic groups; Indian Diaspora; MtDNA; Phylogeography; Reunion Island

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REUNION;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REUNION;

EID: 65549170938     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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