Genetic structure of the aleuts and circumpolar populations based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: A synthesis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 446-464

  Zlojutro, Mark ^a   Rubicz, Rohina ^a   Devor, Eric J ^a,b   Spitsyn, Victor A ^c   Makarov, Sergei V ^c   Wilson, Kristin ^b   Crawford, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTRE FOR MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aleuts; Mismatch analysis; mtDNA; Reduced median network analysis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; ESKIMO; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MISMATCH ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REDUCED MEDIAN NETWORK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INUITS; MODELS, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33144479316     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20287     Document Type: Article

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