Temporal mitochondrial DNA variation in the Basque country: Influence of post-neolithic events

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-679

  Alzualde, A ^a   Izagirre, N ^a   Alonso, S ^a   Alonso, A ^b   de la Rúa, Concepcion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Basque population; Mitochondrial DNA; Post Neolithic gene flow

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPAIN; TOOTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 27644507982     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2005.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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