The relationship between surname frequency and Y chromosome variation in Spain

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 120-128

  Martinez Cadenas, Conrado ^a,b   Blanco Verea, Alejandro ^c   Hernando, Barbara ^a   Busby, George B J ^b,d   Brion, Maria ^c   Carracedo, Angel ^c,e,f   Salas, Antonio ^f   Capelli, Cristian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; Y CHROMOSOME; CAUCASIAN; FATHER; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORY; INHERITANCE; IRELAND; NOMENCLATURE; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; IRELAND; MALE; NAMES; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84951573563     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.75     Document Type: Article

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