Evidence of pre-roman tribal genetic structure in basques from uniparentally inherited markers

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2211-2222

  Martínez Cruz, Begoña ^a   Harmant, Christine ^b   Platt, Daniel E ^c   Haak, Wolfgang ^d   Manry, Jeremy ^b   Ramos Luis, Eva ^e   Soria Hernanz, David F ^f   Bauduer, Frédéric ^g   Salaberria, Jasone ^b   Oyharçabal, Bernard ^b   Quintana Murci, Lluis ^b   Comas, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Basques; haplogroups; human populations; mitochondrial DNA; tribal genetic structure; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BRONZE AGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL RECORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS;

EID: 84865452724     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss091     Document Type: Article

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