Unexpected Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation among Native Americans from the Southeastern United States

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 336-354

  Bolnick, Deborah A ^a   Smith, David Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admixture; Bottleneck; Cherokee origins; Genetic drift; Iroquoian; Muskogean

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0344033740     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10284     Document Type: Article

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