Insights into the "isolation" of the Basques: mtDNA lineages from the historical site of Aldaieta (6th-7th centuries AD)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 394-404

  Alzualde, Ainhoa ^a   Izagirre, Neskuts ^a   Alonso, Santos ^a   Alonso, Antonio ^b   Albarrán, Cristina ^b   Azkarate, Agustin ^a   De La Rúa, Concepción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Biology Section Apdo 863 E 41080   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Basque Country; Cultural influence; Franks

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN; TOOTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33744964975     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20375     Document Type: Article

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