Mitochondrial DNA variation is an indicator of Austronesian influence in Island Melanesia

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-270

  Merriwether, D Andrew ^a   Friedlaender, Jonathan S ^b   Mediavilla, Jose ^c   Mgone, Charles ^d   Gentz, Fred ^b   Ferrell, Robert E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Modem human migrations; mtDNA 9 base pair deletion; Oceania; Pacific

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MELANESIA; MUTATION RATE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0032718029     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199911)110:3<243::AID-AJPA1>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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