Genetic analysis of early holocene skeletal remains from Alaska and its implications for the settlement of the Americas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 605-621

  Kemp, Brian M ^a   Malhi, Ripan S ^b   McDonough, John ^m   Bolnick, Deborah A ^c   Eshleman, Jason A ^d,e   Rickards, Olga ^f   Martinez Labarga, Cristina ^f   Johnson, John R ^g   Lorenz, Joseph G ^h   Dixon, E James ⁱ   Fifield, Terence E ^j   Heaton, Timothy H ^k   Worl, Rosita ^l   Smith, David Glenn ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d A DNAPrint Genomics Company   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^g SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^h Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j Tongass National Forest   (United States)

^k W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^l Sealaska Heritage Institute   (United States)

^m VU Station B #356050 ^*

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Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Phylogenetic dispersion; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALASKA; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE AND BONES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 33947500845     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20543     Document Type: Article

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