mtDNA analysis reveals a major late paleolithic population expansion from southwestern to northeastern Europe

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1137-1152

  Torroni, Antonio ^a   Bandelt, Hans Jürgen ^b   D'Urbano, Leila ^a   Lahermo, Päivi ^c   Moral, Pedro ^d   Sellitto, Daniele ^a   Rengo, Chiara ^a   Forster, Peter ^b   Savontaus, Marja Liisa ^c   Bonné Tamir, Batsheva ^e   Scozzari, Rosaria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0038871609     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/301822     Document Type: Article

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