mtDNA provides the first known marker distinguishing proto-Indians from the other Caucasoids; it probably predates the diversification between Indians and Orientals

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-126

  Passarino, G ^a,b   Semino, O ^a   Modiano, G ^c   Bernini, L F ^d   Santachiara Benerecetti, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FRANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEGRO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SENEGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHIOPIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FRANCE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SENEGAL;

EID: 0030099475     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469600004342     Document Type: Article

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