Deep common ancestry of indian and western-Eurasian mitochondrial DNA lineages

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 1331-1334

  Kivisild, T ^a   Bamshad, Mj ^b   Kaldma, K ^a   Metspalu, M ^a   Metspalu, E ^a   Reidla, M ^a   Laos, S ^a   Parik, J ^a   Watkins, W S ^b   Dixon, M E ^b   Papiha, S S ^c   Mastana, S S ^d   Mir, M R ^e   Ferak, V ^f   Villems, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Veterinary College of Srinagar   (India)

^f Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CAUCASIAN; DNA ANALYSIS; INDIAN; LINEAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EID: 0033581946     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80057-3     Document Type: Article

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