The analysis of variation of mtDNA hypervariable region 1 suggests that Eastern and Western Pygmies diverged before the Bantu expansion

American Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-226

  Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^a   Coia, Valentina ^a,b   Boschi, Ilaria ^b   Verginelli, Fabio ^c   Caglià, Alessandra ^b   Pascali, Vincenzo ^b   Spedini, Gabriella ^a   Calafell, Francesc ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

African Pygmies; Bamileke; Ewondo; L1c1a1 haplogroup; Mbenzele; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DIVERGENCE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEGRO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1542542778     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381405     Document Type: Article

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