Prehistoric and historic traces in the mtDNA of Mozambique: Insights into the Bantu expansions and the slave trade

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 439-458

  Pereira, L ^a   Macaulay, V ^b   Torroni, A ^c,d   Scozzari, R ^d   Prata, M J ^a   Amorim, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MIGRATION; MOZAMBIQUE; NORTH AFRICA; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035208232     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2001.6550439.x     Document Type: Article

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