Genetic evidence supports linguistic affinity of Mlabri - a hunter-gatherer group in Thailand

BMC Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xu, Shuhua ^a,b   Kangwanpong, Daoroong ^c   Seielstad, Mark ^d   Srikummool, Metawee ^c   Kampuansai, Jatupol ^c   Jin, Li ^a,b,e,f  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f China Medical City (CMC)   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; RURAL AREA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THAILAND; ASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; LANGUAGE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION GROUPS; THAILAND;

EID: 77952274210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-18     Document Type: Article

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