The role of climate in human mitochondrial DNA evolution: A reappraisal

Genomics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-342

  Sun, Chang ^a,b,c   Kong, Qing Peng ^a,b   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate; Evolution; Human mitochondrial DNA; Selection

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FAR EAST; GENETIC DRIFT; HUMANS; MUTATION; OCEANIA;

EID: 33846799015     PISSN: 08887543     EISSN: 10898646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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