Early Population Differentiation in Extinct Aborigines from Tierra del Fuego-Patagonia: Ancient mtDNA Sequences and Y-Chromosome STR Characterization

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-370

  García Bour, Jaume ^a   Pérez Pérez, Alejandro ^a   Álvarez, Sara ^b   Fernández, Eva ^a   López Parra, Ana María ^b   Arroyo Pardo, Eduardo ^b   Turbón, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

America; Ancient DNA; Fuegians; MtDNA; Tierra del Fuego; Y STR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; ALLELE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOUTH AMERICA; Y CHROMOSOME;

ARGENTINA; BONE AND BONES; CHILE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1942518744     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10337     Document Type: Article

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