Mitochondrial control-region sequence variation in aboriginal Australians

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 435-449

  Van Holst Pellekaan, Sheila M ^a   Frommer, Marianne ^a   Sved, John A ^a   Boettcher, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031935215     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301710     Document Type: Article

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