Indian ocean crossroads: Human genetic origin and population structure in the maldives

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-67

  Pijpe, Jeroen ^a   De Voogt, Alex ^b   Van Oven, Mannis ^c   Henneman, Peter ^a   Van Der Gaag, Kristiaan J ^a   Kayser, Manfred ^c   De Knijff, Peter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Indo Aryan languages; migration; mitochondrial DNA; South Asia; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA MARKER; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; MALDIVES; MALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEA LEVEL; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84876465072     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22256     Document Type: Article

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