Genomic insights into the population structure and history of the Irish Travellers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Gilbert, Edmund ^a   Carmi, Shai ^b   Ennis, Sean ^c   Wilson, James F ^d,e   Cavalleri, Gianpiero L ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; IRELAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 85012067897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep42187     Document Type: Article

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