The genetic landscape of Equatorial Guinea and the origin and migration routes of the y chromosome haplogroup R-V88

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 324-331

  González, Miguel ^a   Gomes, Verónica ^a,b   López Parra, Ana Maria ^c   Amorim, António ^a   Carracedo, Ángel ^b   Sánchez Diz, Paula ^b   Arroyo Pardo, Eduardo ^c   Gusmão, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

back to Africa hypothesis; Central West Africa; Equatorial Guinea; haplogroup R V88; human male lineages; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MIGRATION; PATERNALISM; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, WESTERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84874118100     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.167     Document Type: Article

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