mtDNA variation in Inuit populations of Greenland and Canada: Migration history and population structure

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-134

  Helgason, Agnar ^a   Pálsson, Gísli ^b   Pedersen, Henning Sloth ^c   Angulalik, Emily ^d   Gunnarsdóttir, Ellen Dröfn ^a,b   Yngvadóttir, Bryndis ^a,b   Stefánsson, Kári ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Primary Health Clinic   (Greenland)

^d Cambridge Bay Heritage Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Mitochondrial DNA; Population history

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; DNA SEQUENCE; ESKIMO; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREENLAND; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CANADA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GREENLAND; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INUITS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33646255092     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20313     Document Type: Article

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