mtDNA analysis of Nile River Valley populations: A genetic corridor or a barrier to migration?

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1166-1176

  Krings, Matthias ^a,b   Salem, Abd El Halim ^c   Bauer, Karin ^a,b   Geisert, Helga ^a,b   Malek, Adel K ^d   Chaix, Louis ^e   Simon, Christian ^e   Welsby, Derek ^f   Di Rienzo, Anna ^g   Utermann, Gerd ^h   Sajantila, Antti ⁱ   Pääbo, Svante ^a,b   Stoneking, Mark ^a,b,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^d ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^f BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EGYPT; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER;

EID: 18544411079     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302314     Document Type: Article

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