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Detecting Sex-Biased Gene Flow in African-americans Through the Analysis of Intra- and Inter-Population Variation at Mitochondrial DNA and Y- Chromosome Microsatellites Cover

Detecting Sex-Biased Gene Flow in African-americans Through the Analysis of Intra- and Inter-Population Variation at Mitochondrial DNA and Y- Chromosome Microsatellites

Balkan Journal of Medical Genetics
Volume 15 (2012): Issue 2 (December 2012)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2013-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5761 (formerly 1311-0160) | Journal ISSN: 1311-0160
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Language: English
Page range: 7 - 34
Published on: Apr 2, 2013
Published by: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Admixture,
African-Americans,
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA),
Sex-biased gene flow,
Y-chromosome
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Basic medical science,
Basic medical science, other

© 2013 C. Battaggia, P. Anagnostou, I. Bosch, F. Brisighelli, G. Destro-Bisol, M. Capocasa, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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