Y-Chromosome and mtDNA Genetics Reveal Significant Contrasts in Affinities of Modern Middle Eastern Populations with European and African Populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Badro, Danielle A ^a   Douaihy, Bouchra ^a   Haber, Marc ^a,b   Youhanna, Sonia C ^a   Salloum, Angélique ^a   Ghassibe Sabbagh, Michella ^a   Johnsrud, Brian ^c   Khazen, Georges ^a   Matisoo Smith, Elizabeth ^d   Soria Hernanz, David F ^b,e   Wells, R Spencer ^e   Tyler Smith, Chris ^f   Platt, Daniel E ^g   Zalloua, Pierre A ^a,h  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^f WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84873811629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054616     Document Type: Article

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