The founding mitochondrial DNA lineages of Tristan da Cunha islanders

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-166

  Soodyall, Himla ^a,c   Jenkins, Trefor ^d   Mukherjee, Arindam ^a   Du Toit, Ernette ^b   Roberts, Derek F ^d   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Maternal history; MtDNA transmission; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030696709     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199710)104:2<157::AID-AJPA2>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Conference Paper

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