Molecular genetic analysis of remains of a 2,000-year-old human population in China - And its relevance for the origin of the modern Japanese population

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 250-258

  Oota, Hiroki ^a   Saitou, Naruya ^b   Matsushita, Takayuki ^c   Ueda, Shintaroh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c Doigahama Site Anthropological Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; DNA PURIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; HUMAN; JAPAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

RYUKYU;

EID: 0033366707     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302197     Document Type: Article

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