Evaluation of group genetic ancestry of populations from Philadelphia and Dakar in the context of sex-biased admixture in the Americas

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Stefflova, Klara ^a   Dulik, Matthew C ^a   Pai, Athma A ^a   Walker, Amy H ^a   Zeigler Johnson, Charnita M ^a   Gueye, Serigne M ^b   Schurr, Theodore G ^a   Rebbeck, Timothy R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE POOL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SENEGAL; UNITED STATES; Y CHROMOSOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; NEGRO; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; SENEGAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 71049128689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007842     Document Type: Article

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