Y-chromosome analysis reveals genetic divergence and new founding native lineages in Athapaskan- and Eskimoan-speaking populations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 8471-8476

  Dulik, Matthew C ^a   Owings, Amanda C ^a   Gaieski, Jill B ^a   Vilar, Miguel G ^a   Andre, Alestine ^b   Lennie, Crystal ^c   Mackenzie, MaryAdele ^d   Kritsch, Ingrid ^b   Snowshoe, Sharon ^b   Wright, Ruth ^b   Martin, James ^d   Gibson, Nancy ^d   Andrews, Thomas D ^e   Schurr, Theodore G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute   (Canada)

^c Inuvialuit Regional Corporation   (Canada)

^d T i cho Community Services Agency   (Canada)

^e Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Haplogroup; Haplotype; Inuit; Thule

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ESKIMO; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CANADA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84861880597     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118760109     Document Type: Article

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