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The genetic structure of human populations studied through short insertion-deletion polymorphisms.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 2006
Bastos-Rodrigues Luciana, Pimenta Juliana R, Pena Sergio D J
Abstract excerpt
In a landmark study Rosenberg et al. (2002) analyzed human genome diversity with 377 microsatellites in the HGDP-CEPH Genome Diversity Panel and reported that the populations were structured into five geographical regions: America, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Oceania and a cluster composed of Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. They also observed that the within-population component accounted for 93-95%,...
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