Saami mitochondrial DNA reveals deep maternal lineage clusters

Human Heredity

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 108-114

  Delghandi, Madjid ^a   Utsi, Egil ^b   Krauss, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Hjertesenter ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

D loop; Mitochondrial DNA; Polymorphism; Saami

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE POOL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY;

EID: 0031951535     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000022789     Document Type: Article

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