Microevolution in prehistoric Andean populations: Chronologic mtDNA variation in the desert valleys of northern Chile

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-181

  Moraga, Mauricio ^a   Santoro, Calogero M ^b   Standen, Vivien G ^b   Carvallo, Pilar ^c   Rothhammer, Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ancient mtDNA; Cultural change; Highland migration; Microevolution

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BONE; CHILE; CHRONOLOGY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DESERT; DIFFERENTIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FACIES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 18644368853     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10438     Document Type: Article

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