Alu polymorphisms in the Waorani tribe from the Ecuadorian Amazon reflect the effects of isolation and genetic drift

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 790-795

  Gómez Pérez, Luis ^a   Alfonso Sánchez, Miguel A ^a   Sánchez, Dora ^b   García Obregón, Susana ^a   Espinosa, Ibone ^a   Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^c   De Pancorbo, Marian M ^a   Peña, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE;

ALU ELEMENTS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 80053903475     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21216     Document Type: Article

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