Sequences from first settlers reveal rapid evolution in Icelandic mtDNA pool

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Helgason, Agnar ^a,b   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^c   Ghosh, Shyamali ^a   Sigurdardóttir, Sigrún ^a   Sampietro, Maria Lourdes ^c,d   Gigli, Elena ^c   Baker, Adam ^a   Bertranpetit, Jaume ^c   Árnadóttir, Lilja ^e   Porsteinsdottir, Unnur ^a,b   Stefánsson, Kári ^a,b  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Pjoominjasafn Islands   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; ICELAND; IRELAND; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE POOL; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ICELAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 59249098163     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000343     Document Type: Article

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