Tracing the phylogeography of human populations in Britain based on 4th-11th century mtDNA genotypes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-161

  Topf A L ^a   Gilbert, M T P ^b,d   Dumbacher, J P ^c   Hoelzel, A R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Doggerland; Human; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESTONIA; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; NORWAY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLESIOMORPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 28944434866     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj013     Document Type: Article

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