Y-chromosome and mtDNA polymorphisms in Iraq, a crossroad of the early human dispersal and of post-Neolithic migrations

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 458-472

  Al Zahery, N ^a,b   Semino, O ^a   Benuzzi, G ^a   Magri, C ^a   Passarino, G ^c   Torroni, A ^a   Santachiara Benerecetti, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0344961753     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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