Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA variation in Lithuanians

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 438-452

  Kasperavičiute, Dalia ^a   Kucinskas V ^a   Stoneking, M ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lithuania; Mitochondrial DNA; Population; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ESTONIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 6944235852     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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