Genetic structure of nomadic Bedouin from Kuwait

Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 425-433

  Mohammad, T ^a,b   Xue, Y ^c   Evison, M ^d   Tyler Smith, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adnani and Qahtani lineages; Autosomal STRs; Bedouin; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; NOMADIC PEOPLE; SAMPLING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARAB; ARTICLE; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ARABS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GROUPS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUWAIT [KUWAIT (NTN)]; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 70350255510     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.72     Document Type: Article

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