Mitochondrial footprints of human expansions in africa

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 691-704

  Watson, Elizabeth ^a   Forster, Peter ^b   Richards, Martin ^c   Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EVOLUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030800597     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515503     Document Type: Article

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