Distinguishing the co-ancestries of haplogroup G Y-chromosomes in the populations of Europe and the Caucasus

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1275-1282

  Rootsi, Siiri ^a   Myres, Natalie M ^b   Lin, Alice A ^c   Järve, Mari ^a,d   King, Roy J ^c   Kutuev, Ildus ^a,e   Cabrera, Vicente M ^f   Khusnutdinova, Elza K ^e   Varendi, Kärt ^a   Sahakyan, Hovhannes ^a,g   Behar, Doron M ^a   Khusainova, Rita ^e   Balanovsky, Oleg ^h   Balanovska, Elena ^h   Rudan, Pavao ⁱ   Yepiskoposyan, Levon ^g   Bahmanimehr, Ardeshir ^g   Farjadian, Shirin ^j   Kushniarevich, Alena ^a   Herrera, Rene J ^k   Grugni, Viola ^l   Battaglia, Vincenza ^l   Nici, Carmela ^l   Crobu, Francesca ^l   Karachanak, Sena ^l,m   Kashani, Baharak Hooshiar ^l   Houshmand, Massoud ⁿ   Sanati, Mohammad H ⁿ   Toncheva, Draga ^m   Lisa, Antonella ^o   Semino, Ornella ^l   Chiaroni, Jacques ^p   Cristofaro, Julie Di ^p   Villems, Richard ^a,d,q   Kivisild, Toomas ^r   Underhill, Peter A ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Ancestry   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

^h RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^j SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^k FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^m MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^o Centro Nazionale Delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^p CNRS   (France)

^q ESTONIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

haplogroup G; human evolution; population genetics; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

ARMENIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 21-22 AND Y; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84869237243     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.86     Document Type: Article

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