Dissecting the genetic make-up of North-East Sardinia using a large set of haploid and autosomal markers

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 956-964

  Pardo, Luba M ^a   Piras, Giovanna ^b   Asproni, Rosanna ^b   Van Der Gaag, Kristiaan J ^c   Gabbas, Attilio ^b   Ruiz Linares, Andres ^d   De Knijff, Peter ^c   Monne, Maria ^b   Rizzu, Patrizia ^a   Heutink, Peter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SAN FRANCESCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HAPMAP; POPRES; population genetics; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOIDY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRATIFICATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPLOIDY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84865260276     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.22     Document Type: Article

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