Mitochondrial DNA Studies of Native Americans: Conceptions and Misconceptions of the Population Prehistory of the Americas

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Eshleman, Jason A ^a   Malhi, Ripan S ^b   Smith, David Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Migrations; mtDNA; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037243087     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.10048     Document Type: Review

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