Genetic Analysis and Ethnic Affinities from Two Scytho-Siberian Skeletons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-360

  Ricaut, François Xavier ^a,b   Keyser Tracqui, Christine ^a   Cammaert, Laurence ^c   Crubézy, Eric ^b   Ludes, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Central Asia; Haplogroup; HV1 region; Scythian; STRs

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SKELETON; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1942486736     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10323     Document Type: Article

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