Small effective population size and genetic homogeneity in the Val Borbera isolate

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-94

  Colonna, Vincenza ^a,b   Pistis, Giorgio ^c   Bomba, Lorenzo ^b,d   Mona, Stefano ^e   Matullo, Giuseppe ^f,g   Boano, Rosa ^f   Sala, Cinzia ^c   Viganò, Fiammetta ^c   Torroni, Antonio ^h   Achilli, Alessandro ⁱ   Hooshiar Kashani, Baharak ^h   Malerba, Giovanni ^j   Gambaro, Giovanni ^k   Soranzo, Nicole ^b   Toniolo, Daniela ^c,l  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^k CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^l CNR   (Italy)

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Author keywords

effective population size; genetic isolates; linkage disequilibrium; mitochondrial DNA variation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DENSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871242186     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.113     Document Type: Article

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