Y-STR variation among ethnic groups from Ecuador: Mestizos, Kichwas, Afro-Ecuadorians and Waoranis

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  González Andrade, Fabricio ^a,b   Roewer, Lutz ^c   Willuweit, Sascha ^c   Sánchez, Dora ^a   Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^b  

^a HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afro Ecuadorians; Kichwas; Mestizos; Population database; Waoranis; Y chromosome STRs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ECUADOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67349197316     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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