The African Diaspora: Mitochondrial DNA and the Atlantic Slave Trade

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 454-465

  Salas, Antonio ^a,b,c   Richards, Martin ^b,d   Lareu, María Victoria ^a   Scozzari, Rosaria ^e   Coppa, Alfredo ^e   Torroni, Antonio ^f   Macaulay, Vincent ^c,g   Carracedo, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA REPLICATION; NEGRO; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 1542314304     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382194     Document Type: Article

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