Determination of population origin: A comparison of autosomal SNPs, Y-chromosomal and mtDNA haplogroups using a Malagasy population as example

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1423-1428

  Poetsch, Micaela ^a   Wiegand, Aline ^a   Harder, Melanie ^b,c   Blöhm, Rowena ^a   Rakotomavo, Noel ^d   Freitag Wolf, Sandra ^b   Von Wurmb Schwark, Nicole ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Clinic Saint Iuc   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Madagascar; mtDNA; population origin; SNP; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84887622200     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.51     Document Type: Article

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