mtDNA analysis of the Galician population: A genetic edge of European variation

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-375

  Salas, Antonio ^a   Comas, David ^b   Lareu, María Victoria ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^b   Carracedo, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control region; Galicians; mtDNA; Neighbour joining tree; Pairwise difference distribution

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0031830046     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200202     Document Type: Article

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