The impact of group fissions on genetic structure in Native South America and implications for human evolution

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-205

  Hunley, Keith L ^a   Spence, J E ^b   Merriwether, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal STR; mtDNA sequence; Village fission; Y chromosome STR

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME MOSAICISM; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; PEDIGREE; PREDICTION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38349084980     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20720     Document Type: Article

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