Mitochondrial DNA analysis in Aruba: Strong maternal ancestry of closely related Amerindians and implications for the peopling of Northwestern Venezuela

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-22

  Toro Labrador, Gladys ^a   Wever, Oswald R ^b   Martínez Cruzado, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Department of Radiology   (Aruba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ARUBA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037995324     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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