Saudi Arabian Y-chromosome diversity and its relationship with nearby regions

BMC Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a   Hellani, Ali ^b   González, Ana M ^c   Larruga, Jose M ^c   Cabrera, Vicente M ^c   Underhill, Peter A ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEGRO; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70350714553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-10-59     Document Type: Article

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