Genetic evidence for the proto-Austronesian homeland in Asia: mtDNA and nuclear DNA variation in Taiwanese aboriginal tribes

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1807-1823

  Melton, Terry ^a,d   Clifford, Stephanie ^a   Martinson, Jeremy ^b   Batzer, Mark ^c   Stoneking, Mark ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Mitotyping Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BASE PAIRING; CHINA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

OCEANIA;

EID: 0032472023     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302131     Document Type: Article

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