Distribution of four founding mtDNA haplogroups among Native North Americans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-323

  Lorenz, Joseph G ^a,b   Smith, David Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Analytical Genetic Testing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Language group; Migration; PCR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESKIMO; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC DISTANCE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

DNA; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029956498     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199611)101:3<307::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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