Genetic drift and the population history of the Irish travellers

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-189

  Relethford, John H ^a   Crawford, Michael H ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

drift; Ireland; population history; R matrix

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GYPSIES; HUMANS; IRELAND;

EID: 84872350199     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22191     Document Type: Article

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