Mitochondrial DNA and prehistoric settlements: Native migrations on the western edge of North America

Human Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-75

  Eshleman, Jason A ^a,b   Malhi, Ripan S ^a,b   Johnson, John R ^c   Kaestle, Frederika A ^d   Lorenz, Joseph ^e   Smith, David Glenn ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Trace Genetics LLC   (United States)

^c Department of Invertebrate Zoology   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Valley of California; Coastal migration; Columbia plateau; Great Basin; Hokan; Hypervariable segment 1 (HVS1); Linguistic diversity; Mitochondrial DNA; Native American genetics; Penutian; Uto Aztecan

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; PLESIOMORPHY;

EID: 2942650888     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2004.0019     Document Type: Article

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