mtDNA variability in two bantu-speaking populations (shona and hutu) from Eastern Africa: Implications for peopling and migration patterns in sub-Saharan Africa

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-311

  Castrì, Loredana ^a   Tofanelli, Sergio ^b   Garagnani, Paolo ^a   Bini, Carla ^a   Fosella, Xenia ^b   Pelotti, Susi ^a   Paoli, Giorgio ^b   Pettener, Davide ^a   Luiselli, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bantu speaker migrations; Genetic variability; mtDNA haplogroups; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CONGO; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NIGER; RWANDA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 68949216868     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21070     Document Type: Article

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