Inferring human history in East Asia from Y chromosomes

Investigative Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Chuan Chao ^a   Li, Hui ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian populations; Genetic structures; Migrations; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARMY; ASIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; PALEOLITHIC; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84878363854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20412223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-4-11     Document Type: Review

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