Gene admixture in ethnic populations in upper part of Silk Road revealed by mtDNA polymorphism

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-444

  Yang, LiuQi ^a   Tan, SiJie ^a   Yu, HaiJing ^a   Zheng, BingRong ^a   Qiao, EnFa ^a   Dong, YongLi ^a   Zan, RuiGuang ^a   Xiao, ChunJie ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gansu Corridor; Gene admixture; mtDNA; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 43149108855     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-008-0056-2     Document Type: Article

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