Global patterns of human mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome structure are not influenced by higher migration rates of females versus males

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1122-1125

  Wilder, Jason A ^a,b   Kingan, Sarah B ^a   Mobasher, Zahra ^a   Pilkington, Maya Metni ^a   Hammer, Michael F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; ALU SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALU ELEMENTS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 7044269513     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1428     Document Type: Article

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