Brief Communication: mtDNA variation in North Cameroon: Lack of Asian lineages and implications for back migration from Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 678-681

  Coia, Valentina ^a   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^a   Verginelli, Fabio ^b   Battaggia, Cinzia ^a   Boschi, Ilaria ^c   Cruciani, Fulvio ^a   Spedini, Gabriella ^a   Comas, David ^d   Calafell, Francesc ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fulbe; mtDNA U6 haplogroup; Y chromosome R1* M173 haplogroup

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CAMEROON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA; CAMEROON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 21744450198     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20138     Document Type: Article

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