Ancestry and interrelationships of the Indians and their relationship with other world populations: A study based on mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 409-422

  Barnabas, S ^a,b   Apte, R V ^a   Suresh, C G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b AHMEDNAGAR COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

EID: 0029827592     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb00439.x     Document Type: Article

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