Sousse: Extreme genetic heterogeneity in North Africa

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-49

  Fadhlaoui Zid, Karima ^a,b   Garcia Bertrand, Ralph ^a   Alfonso Sánchez, Miguel A ^c   Zemni, Ramzi ^d   Benammar Elgaaied, Amel ^b   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AFRICA; PHYLOGENY; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUNISIA; Y CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP; AFRICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

LACUNA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TUNISIA;

EID: 84922326956     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2014.99     Document Type: Article

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