Human Y-chromosome short tandem repeats: A tale of acculturation and migrations as mechanisms for the diffusion of agriculture in the balkan peninsula

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 380-390

  Mirabal, Sheyla ^a,b   Varljen, Tatjana ^c   Gayden, Tenzin ^a,b   Regueiro, Maria ^a   Vujovic, Slavica ^d   Popovic, Danica ^d   Djuric, Marija ^e   Stojkovic, Oliver ^c   Herrera, Rene J ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^e Security Information Agency   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkan states; Human evolution; YSTR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROATIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SERBIA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ACCULTURATION; AGRICULTURE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPE, EASTERN; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREECE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77953494830     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21235     Document Type: Article

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