Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): A reservoir of genetic variation

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Fornarino, Simona ^a,d   Pala, Maria ^a   Battaglia, Vincenza ^a   Maranta, Ramona ^a   Achilli, Alessandro ^a,b   Modiano, Guido ^c   Torroni, Antonio ^a   Semino, Ornella ^a   Santachiara Benerecetti, Silvana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NEPAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEPAL; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 68249089733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-154     Document Type: Article

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