Mitochondrial DNA of an Iberian Neandertal suggests a population affinity with other European Neandertals

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Lalueza Fox, Carles ^a   Krause, Johannes ^b   Caramelli, David ^c   Catalano, Giulio ^c,d   Milani, Lucio ^c   Sampietro, María Lourdes ^d   Calafell, Francesc ^d   Martínez Maza, Cayetana ^e   Bastir, Markus ^e   García Tabernero, Antonio ^e   de la Rasilla, Marco ^f   Fortea, Javier ^f   Pääbo, Svante ^b   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^d   Rosas, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMINID; HUMAN; LETTER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33747182473     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.044     Document Type: Letter

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