African haplogroup L mtDNA sequences show violations of clock-like evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1843-1854

  Howell, Neil ^a,b   Elson, Joanna L ^c   Turnbull, D M ^c   Herrnstadt, Corinna ^a  

^a Migenix Inc   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Molecular evolution; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOPLASY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLOCK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 4944257680     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh184     Document Type: Article

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