Evolutionary and anthropological implications of mitochondrial DNA variation in African Brazilian populations

Human Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-159

  Bortolini, Maria Cátira ^a   Zago, Marco A ^b   Salzano, Francisco M ^a   Silva JÚNIOR, Wilson A ^b,c   Bonatto, Sandro Luiz ^a   Silva, Maria Cristina B O D A ^d   Weimer, Tania A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AFRICAN BRAZILIANS; mtDNA; NUCLEOTIDE DIVERSITY

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEGRO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0031127198     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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