Delineating genetic relationships among the Maya

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-347

  Ibarra Rivera, Lisa ^a   Mirabal, Sheyla ^a   Regueiro, Manuela M ^a   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Autosomal STRs; Mesoamerica

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; CIVILIZATION; CLASSIC MAYA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; RACE; RITUAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; WRITING;

ALLELES; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DNA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 39049169199     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20746     Document Type: Article

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