Biological relationship between Central and South American Chibchan speaking populations: Evidence from mtDNA

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 753-770

  Melton, Phillip E ^a   Briceno I ^b   Gomez A ^b   Devon, E J ^a,c   Bernal, J E ^b   Crawford, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^c INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsario; Chibcha; Colombia; Ijka; Kogi; Wayu

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLOMBIA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; SOUTH AMERICA;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 34247589581     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20581     Document Type: Article

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