Afghanistan from a Y-chromosome perspective

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1063-1070

  Lacau, Harlette ^a,b   Gayden, Tenzin ^a,b   Regueiro, Maria ^a   Chennakrishnaiah, Shilpa ^a,b   Bukhari, Areej ^a,b   Underhill, Peter A ^c   Garcia Bertrand, Ralph L ^d   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; haplogroup; haplotype; Pathans Pashtuns; phylogenetic analyses; Y SNP

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFGHANISTAN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

LACUNA;

EID: 84866562060     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.59     Document Type: Article

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