A Romani mitochondrial haplotype in England 500 years before their recorded arrival in Britain

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 280-282

  Töpf, Ana L ^a   Hoelzel, A Rus ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Historical record; Romani

Indexed keywords

GYPSY PEOPLE; HISTORICAL RECORD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE EAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25444499762     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0314     Document Type: Article

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