Statistical inference on genetic data reveals the complex demographic history of human populations in Central Asia

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1411-1424

  Palstra, Friso P ^a   Heyer, Evelyne ^a   Austerlitz, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; human demography; population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CENTRAL ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; KYRGYZ (PEOPLE); NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; POPULATION GENETICS; TURKIC PEOPLE; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

GENETIC MARKER; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ASIA, CENTRAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84930714898     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv030     Document Type: Article

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