On the origins and admixture of Malagasy: New evidence from high-resolution analyses of paternal and maternal lineages

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2109-2124

  Tofanelli, Sergio ^a   Bertoncini, Stefania ^a   Castrì, Loredana ^b   Luiselli, Donata ^b   Calafell, Francesc ^c   Donati, Giuseppe ^d   Paoli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admixture; Malagasy; mtDNA; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DIFFUSION; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE POOL; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LINGUISTICS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MOTHER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOTHERS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68949199596     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp120     Document Type: Article

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