Role of Alu element in detecting population diversity

International Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 61-74

  Tripathi, Manorama ^a,b   Chauhan, U K ^b   Tripathi, Piyush ^a   Agrawal, Suraksha ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b A P S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alu insertion; Caste system; Genetic diversity; Human evolution; North Indian populations

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; INDIAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RETROPOSON; REVIEW;

EID: 75749120303     PISSN: 09723757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09723757.2008.11886020     Document Type: Review

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