Mitochondrial DNA variation in mauritania and mali and their genetic relationship to other Western Africa populations

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 631-657

  Gonzalez A M ^a   Cabrera, V M ^a   Larruga, J M ^a   Tounkara, A ^b   Noumsi, G ^b   Thomas, B N ^c   Moulds, J M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Centre national de transfusion sanguine   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d LifeShare Blood Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Human populations; Mali; Mauritania; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FLOW; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALI; MAURITANIA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALI; MAURITANIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BAMBARA;

EID: 33746792033     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2006.00259.x     Document Type: Article

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