Binary and microsatellite polymorphisms of the Y-chromosome in the mbenzele pygmies from the Central African Republic

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-67

  Coia, Valentina ^a   Caglià, Alessandra ^b   Arredi, Barbara ^b,c   Donati, Francesco ^a   Santos, Fabrício R ^c   Pandya, Arpita ^c   Taglioli, Luca ^d   Paoli, Giorgio ^d   Pascali, Vincenzo ^b   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^a   Tyler Smith, Chris ^e  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CALCULATION; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 9144246933     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10236     Document Type: Article

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