African-American mitochondrial DNAs often match mtDNAs found in multiple African ethnic groups

BMC Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ely, Bert ^a   Wilson, Jamie Lee ^b   Jackson, Fatimah ^c   Jackson, Bruce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BLACK PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; LANGUAGE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 33750373215     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-4-34     Document Type: Article

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