Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes reveal maternal population genetic affinities of Sea Island Gullah-speaking African Americans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 427-438

  McLean Jr , David C ^a,e   Spruill, Ida ^a   Argyropoulos, George ^a,c   Page, Grier P ^a,d   Shriver, Mark D ^b   Garvey, W Timothy ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

statistics; Admixture; Population genetic substructure

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; JAMAICA; MALE; PACIFIC STATES; SIERRA LEONE; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 22544485973     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20047     Document Type: Article

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