Highly discrepant proportions of female and male Scandinavian and British Isles ancestry within the isolated population of the Faroe Islands

Thomas D Als; Tove H Jorgensen; Anders D Børglum; Peter A Petersen; Ole Mors; August G Wang

doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201578

Highly discrepant proportions of female and male Scandinavian and British Isles ancestry within the isolated population of the Faroe Islands

Thomas D Als, Tove H Jorgensen, Anders D Børglum, Peter A Petersen, Ole Mors, August G Wang

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Abstract

Udgivelsesdato: 2006-Apr

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	European Journal of Human Genetics
Vol/bind	14
Udgave nummer	4
Sider (fra-til)	497-504
Antal sider	7
ISSN	1018-4813
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201578
Status	Udgivet - 2006

Bibliografisk note

Keywords: DNA, Mitochondrial; Female; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Great Britain; Haplotypes; Humans; Male; Scandinavia

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201578

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Highly discrepant proportions of female and male Scandinavian and British Isles ancestry within the isolated population of the Faroe Islands. / Als, Thomas D; Jorgensen, Tove H; Børglum, Anders D; Petersen, Peter A; Mors, Ole; Wang, August G.

I: European Journal of Human Genetics, Bind 14, Nr. 4, 2006, s. 497-504.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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