A formal test of linguistic and genetic coevolution in Native Central and South America

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 622-631

  Hunley, Keith L ^a   Cabana, G S ^b   Merriwether, D A ^c   Long, J C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Model fitting; mtDNA; Native American language classifications

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COEVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LANGUAGE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947513075     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20542     Document Type: Article

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