Introducing the Algerian Mitochondrial DNA and Y-Chromosome Profiles into the North African Landscape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Bekada, Asmahan ^a   Fregel, Rosa ^b,c,d   Cabrera, Vicente M ^b   Larruga, José M ^b   Pestano, José ^c,d   Benhamamouch, Soraya ^a   González, Ana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORAN   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d Institute of Legal Medicine of Las Palmas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ALGERIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALGERIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874211836     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056775     Document Type: Article

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