Ancient human mtDNA genotypes from England reveal lost variation over the last millennium

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 550-553

  Topf A L ^a   Gilbert, M T P ^b,c   Fleischer, R C ^d   Hoelzel, A R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Genetic diversity; Human; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARCHAEOLOGY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENGLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35548964673     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0269     Document Type: Article

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