mtDNA of Fulani nomads and their genetic relationships to neighboring sedentary populations

Human Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-27

  Cerny V ^a   Hajek M ^a   Bromova M ^a   Cmejla R ^b   Diallo, I ^c   Brdicka R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Fulani nomads; HVS I; mtDNA variation; Sub Saharan populations

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CAMEROON; CHAD; ETHNIC GROUP; FULANI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; TUNISIA;

EID: 33746144410     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2006.0024     Document Type: Article

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