mtDNA variation in the South African Kung and Khwe - And their genetic relationships to other African populations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1362-1383

  Chen, Yu Sheng ^a,f   Olckers, Antonel ^d   Schurr, Theodore G ^a,b,g   Kogelnik, Andreas M ^a,c   Huoponen, Kirsi ^a,h   Wallace, Douglas C ^a,b,e  

^a Center for Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033912284     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302848     Document Type: Article

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