Variation of female and male lineages in sub-Saharan populations: The importance of sociocultural factors

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1673-1682

  Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^a   Donati, Francesco ^a   Coia, Valentina ^a   Boschi, Ilaria ^b   Verginelli, Fabio ^c   Caglià, Alessandra ^b   Tofanelli, Sergio ^d   Spedini, Gabriella ^a   Capelli, Cristian ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food producers; Hunter gatherers; MtDNA; Sociocultural factors; Sub Saharan Africa; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYGYNY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TECHNIQUE; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 4143062395     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh186     Document Type: Article

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