Molecular genetic evidence for the human settlement of the Pacific: Analysis of mitochondrial DNA, Y chromosome and HLA markers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1379, 1999, Pages 141-152

  Hagelberg, E ^a,f   Kayser, M ^b,g   Nagy, M ^b   Roewer, L ^b   Zimdahl, H ^c   Krawczak, M ^d   Lio P ^a   Schiefenhovel W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

HLA; Human evolution; Mitochondrial DNA; Pacific; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

EID: 0033613658     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0367     Document Type: Article

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