Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in four tribes from Tierra del Fuego-Patagonia: Inferences about the peopling of the Americas

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 855-871

  Fox, Carles Lalueza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Americas; Geographic cline; Migratory waves; mtDNA haplogroups; Tierra del Fuego Patagonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030468114     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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