Site 73 in hypervariable region II of the human mitochondrial genome and the origin of European populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 499-508

  Wilkinson Herbots, H M ^a   Richards, M B ^b   Forster, P ^c   Sykes, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; POINT MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030455926     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb01616.x     Document Type: Article

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