Mitochondrial Population Genomics Supports a Single Pre-Clovis Origin with a Coastal Route for the Peopling of the Americas

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 583-592

  Fagundes, Nelson J R ^a,b   Kanitz, Ricardo ^a   Eckert, Roberta ^a   Valls, Ana C S ^a   Bogo, Mauricio R ^a   Salzano, Francisco M ^b   Smith, David Glenn ^c   Silva Jr , Wilson A ^d   Zago, Marco A ^d   Ribeiro dos Santos, Andrea K ^e   Santos, Sidney E B ^e   Petzl Erler, Maria Luiza ^f   Bonatto, Sandro L ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMERICAS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENOMICS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 41149133334     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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