Y-STR variation in the Basque diaspora in the Western USA: Evolutionary and forensic perspectives

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-298

  Valverde, Laura ^a   Rosique, Melania ^a   Köhnemann, Stephan ^b   Cardoso, Sergio ^a   García, Ainara ^a   Odriozola, Adrián ^a   Aznar, Jose María ^a   Celorrio, David ^a   Schuerenkamp, Marianne ^b   Zubizarreta, Josu ^c   Davis, Michael C ^c   Hampikian, Greg ^c   Pfeiffer, Heidi ^b   De Pancorbo, Marian M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basque country; Basque diaspora; Database; Migration; Western USA; Y STRS

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME 17; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPAIN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; Y CHROMOSOME;

CALIFORNIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; IDAHO; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEVADA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPAIN;

EID: 84862993094     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0644-8     Document Type: Review

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