Human evolution in polynesia

Human Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-177

  Whyte, Adele L H ^a   Marshall, Stephen J ^a   Chambers, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

9 bp deletion; Founders; M ori; Mitochondrial DNA; New Zealand; Oceania; Polynesian motif; Polynesians

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYNESIA; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 23844487395     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2005.0045     Document Type: Article

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