Mitochondrial DNA Sequence variation in the boyko, hutsul, and lemko populations of the carpathian highlands

Human Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-58

  Nikitin, Alexey G ^a   Kochkin, Igor T ^b   June, Cynthia M ^a   Willis, Catherine M ^c   Mcbain, Ian ^a   Videiko, Mykhailo Y ^d  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VASYL STEFANYK PRECARPATHIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Belorussians; Boyko; Carpathian mountains; Central Europe; Croatians; Czechs; Eastern Europe; Haplogroup frequency; Hungarians; Hutsul; Lemko; Mitochondrial DNA (MTDNA) polymorphism; PCR RFLP; Poles; Romanians; Russians; Ukraine; Ukrainians

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EASTERN EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UKRAINE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UKRAINE;

EID: 69249084575     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.081.0104     Document Type: Article

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