The influence of clan structure on the genetic variation in a single Ghanaian village

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1134-1139

  Sanchez Faddeev, Hernando ^a   Pijpe, Jeroen ^a   Van Der Hulle, Tom ^a   Meij, Hans J ^a   J Van Der Gaag, Kristiaan ^a   Slagboom, P Eline ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   De Knijff, Peter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

haplogroup; mtDNA; patrilineal; patrilocal; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL ASPECT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; GHANA; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84884588965     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.12     Document Type: Article

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