European and Polynesian admixture in the Norfolk Island population

Heredity

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-234

  McEvoy, B P ^a   Zhao, Z Z ^a   MacGregor, S ^a   Bellis, C ^b,c   Lea, R A ^b,d   Cox, H ^b   Montgomery, G W ^a   Griffiths, L R ^b   Visscher, P M ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

admixture; Norfolk Island; Polynesia; population history

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CHROMOSOME; GENEALOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; HOMINID; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MELANESIA; SEX CHROMOSOME; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 77954886897     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2009.175     Document Type: Article

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