Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals substantial Native American ancestry in Puerto Rico

Human Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 491-511

  Martinez Cruzado J C ^a   Toro Labrador, G ^a   Ho Fung, V ^a   Estevez Montero M A ^a   Lobaina Manzanet, A ^a   Padovani Claudio, D A ^a   Sanchez Cruz H ^a   Ortiz Bermudez P ^a   Sanchez Crespo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Historical migration; Native American MTDNA haplogroups; Ta nos

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRAIT; HAPLOGROUP; HUMAN GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 0034891091     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2001.0056     Document Type: Article

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