Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation across linguistic and geographic boundaries in Italy

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-215

  Barbujani, Guido ^a   Stenico, Michele ^b   Excoffier, Laurent ^c   Nigro, Loredana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Gene genealogies; Language barriers; mtDNA; Population structure; Sequence polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETICS; HAIR; HUMAN; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; HAIR; HUMANS; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030115208     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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