Genetic variation in the Sorbs of eastern Germany in the context of broader European genetic diversity

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 995-1001

  Veeramah, Krishna R ^a   Tönjes, Anke ^b   Kovacs, Peter ^b   Gross, Arnd ^b   Wegmann, Daniel ^a   Geary, Patrick ^a   Gasperikova, Daniela ^c   Klimes, Iwar ^c   Scholz, Markus ^b   Novembre, John ^a   Stumvoll, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

genetic distance; genetic diversity; genetic isolates; population history; principle component analysis; Sorbs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 80052028100     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.65     Document Type: Article

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