Genetic differentiation between upland and lowland populations shapes the Y-chromosomal landscape of West Asia

Human Genetics

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 437-450

  Balanovsky, O ^a,b   Chukhryaeva, M ^a,b   Zaporozhchenko, V ^a,b   Urasin, V ^c   Zhabagin, M ^d   Hovhannisyan, A ^e   Agdzhoyan, A ^a,b   Dibirova, K ^a,b   Kuznetsova, M ^b   Koshel, S ^f   Pocheshkhova, E ^g   Alborova, I ^h   Skhalyakho, R ^a,b   Utevska, O ⁱ   Mustafin, Kh ^h   Yepiskoposyan, L ^e   Tyler Smith, C ^j   Balanovska, E ^a,b  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c YFull Research Group   (Russian Federation)

^d NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^e INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g Krasnodar State Technical University   (Russian Federation)

^h MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^j WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMENIA; ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; USSR; WEST ASIAN; Y CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP; ASIA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; MALE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ASIA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85014586769     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-017-1770-2     Document Type: Article

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