Evidence from Y-chromosome analysis for a late exclusively eastern expansion of the Bantu-speaking people

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 423-429

  Ansari Pour, Naser ^a   Plaster, Christopher A ^a   Bradman, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Bantu expansion; E1b1a; TMRCA; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAMEROON; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NIGERIA; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84875053260     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.176     Document Type: Article

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