Mitochondrial DNA variability among eight Tikúna villages: Evidence for an intratribal genetic heterogeneity pattern

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 526-531

  Mendes Jr , Celso Teixeira ^a   Simões, Aguinaldo Luiz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Genetic diversity; mtDNA; South America

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; POPULATION SIZE; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRAZIL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 70349897099     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21101     Document Type: Article

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