Genes and languages in Europe: An analysis of mitochondrial lineages

Genome Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 42-52

  Sajantila, Antti ^a,b   Lahermo, Päivi ^c   Anttinen, Tiiu ^a   Lukka, Matti ^b   Sistonen, Pertti ^d   Savontaus, Marja Liisa ^c   Aula, Pertti ^c   Beckman, Lars ^e   Tranebjaerg, Lisbeth ^f   Gedde Dahl, Tobias ^g   Issel Tarver, Laurie ^h   DiRienzo, Anna ⁱ   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029118078     PISSN: 10549803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.5.1.42     Document Type: Article

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