Geographical structure of the Y-chromosomal genetic landscape of the levant: A coastal-inland contrast

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 568-581

  El Sibai, Mirvat ^a   Platt, Daniel E ^b   Haber, Marc ^a   Xue, Yali ^c   Youhanna, Sonia C ^a   Wells, R Spencer ^d   Izaabel, Hassan ^e   Sanyoura, May F ^a   Harmanani, Haidar ^a   Bonab, Maziar Ashrafian ^f   Behbehani, Jaafar ^g   Hashwa, Fuad ^a   Tyler Smith, Chris ^c   Zalloua, Pierre A ^a,h  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^e Université IBNZOHR   (Morocco)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^g KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Levant; Y chromosome; Y SNP; Y STR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 70350561788     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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