Mitochondrial portraits of the Madeira and Açores archipelagos witness different genetic pools of its settlers

Human Genetics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-86

  Brehm, António ^a   Pereira, Luísa ^b   Kivisild, Toomas ^c   Amorim, António ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FLOW; GENE POOL; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; POPULATION GENETICS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0842307218     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-003-1024-3     Document Type: Article

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