Genetic structure of a rural region in Spain: Distribution of surnames and gene flow

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-314

  Díaz, Roberto Rodríguez ^a   Villegas, María José Blanco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuentes carrionas; Genetic barriers; Isolated populations; Isonymy; Kohonen maps; Migration matrices; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956724374     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0304     Document Type: Article

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