Inference of population subdivision from the VNTR distributions of New Zealanders.

doi:10.1007/BF01441150

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Inference of population subdivision from the VNTR distributions of New Zealanders.

Genetica - 1 Jan 1995

Clark A G, Hamilton J F, Chambers G K

Abstract excerpt

A population sample from people of diverse ethnic origins living in New Zealand serves as a database to test methods for inference of population subdivision. The initial null hypothesis, that the population sample is homogeneous across ethnic groups, is easily rejected by likelihood ratio tests....

Topics

Alleles
DNA Fingerprinting
DNA Probes
Ethnicity
Europe
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Homozygote
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Minisatellite Repeats
Mutation
New Zealand
Polynesia

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