The genetic ancestry of african americans, latinos, and european Americans across the United States

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-53

  Bryc, Katarzyna ^a,b   Durand, Eric Y ^b   Macpherson, J Michael ^c   Reich, David ^a,d,e   Mountain, Joanna L ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b 23andMe Inc   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN GENOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920797739     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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