Near eastern neolithic genetic input in a small oasis of the Egyptian Western Desert

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 336-346

  Kujanová, Martina ^a,b   Pereira, Luísa ^c,d   Fernandes, Verónica ^c   Pereira, Joana B ^c   Černý, Viktor ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Complete mtDNA sequences; Egyptian Western Desert; Neolithic; T haplogroup; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DESERT; EGYPT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MALE; NEOLITHIC; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EGYPT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 70349146317     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21078     Document Type: Article

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