Mitochondrial DNA variation and language replacements in the Caucasus

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1472, 2001, Pages 1197-1206

  Nasidze, I ^a   Stoneking, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Human variation; Language replacement; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035821704     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1610     Document Type: Article

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