mtDNA sequences of Chadic-speaking populations from northern Cameroon suggest their affinities with eastern Africa

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 554-569

  Cerny V ^a   Hajek M ^a   Cmejla R ^b   Bruzek J ^c   Brdicka R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA;

EID: 10344265522     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460412331287182     Document Type: Article

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