The maternal aborigine colonization of La Palma (Canary Islands)

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1314-1324

  Fregel, Rosa ^a   Pestano, Jose ^b   Arnay, Matilde ^a   Cabrera, Vicente M ^a   Larruga, Jose M ^a   González, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA CONTENT; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GROUPS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 70349611525     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.46     Document Type: Article

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