Searching for the origin of Gagauzes: Inferences from Y-chromosome analysis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 326-336

  Varzari, Alexander ^a,b   Kharkov, Vladimir ^c   Stephan, Wolfgang ^a   Dergachev, Valentin ^d   Puzyrev, Valery ^c   Weiss, Elisabeth H ^a   Stepanov, Vadim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b National Center of Reproductive Health and Medical Genetics   (Moldova)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; BULGARIA; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MIGRATION; MOLDOVA; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

BULGARIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLDOVA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TURKEY;

EID: 67449138813     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20863     Document Type: Article

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