Origin and evolution of native American mtDNA variation: A reappraisal

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 935-945

  Forster, Peter ^b   Harding, Rosalind ^b   Torroni, Antonio ^b   Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ESKIMO; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS;

EID: 0029794184     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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