Mitochondrial DNA heterogeneity in Tunisian Berbers

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-233

  Fadhlaoui Zid, K ^a   Plaza, S ^b   Calafell, F ^b   Amor, M Ben ^a   Comas, David ^b   El Gaaied, A Bennamar ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA;

EID: 4444241285     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2004.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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