Gender and population history: Sex bias revealed by studying genetic admixture of ngazidja population (Comoro Archipelago)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-660

  Gourjon, Géraud ^a   Boëtsch, Gilles ^a,b   Degioanni, Anna ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Comoro Island; KIR genes; Mitochondrial DNA; Preferential mating; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COMOROS; GENDER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MARKER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMOROS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, KIR; SEX RATIO;

EID: 79952767352     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21474     Document Type: Article

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