Mitochondrial DNA portrait of Latvians: Towards the understanding of the genetic structure of Baltic-speaking populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-458

  Pliss, Liana ^a,b,e   Tambets, Kristiina ^b,e   Loogvali E L ^b   Pronina, N ^c   Lazdins, M ^a   Krumina, A ^d   Baumanis, V ^a   Villems, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Latvian Maritime Medical Centre   (Latvia)

^d RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^e NONE   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic speaking populations; Haplogroups; Latvians; Mitochondrial DNA; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

BALTIC STATES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LATVIA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33744474808     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2005.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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