Mitogenomic and microsatellite variation in descendants of the founder population of Newfoundland: High genetic diversity in an historically isolated population

Genome

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 110-119

  Pope, A M ^a   Carr, S M ^a   Smith, K N ^a   Marshall, H D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

inbreeding; isolated populations; Mi'kmaq First Nations; microarray DNA sequencing; microsatellites; mitogenomics; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FOUNDER EFFECT; FRANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IRELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79958273892     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/G10-102     Document Type: Article

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