In search of geographical patterns in European mitochondrial DNA

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1168-1174

  Richards, Martin ^a   Macaulay, Vincent ^b   Torroni, Antonio ^c   Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0036842650     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342930     Document Type: Article

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