Pre-Columbian population dynamics in coastal southern Peru: A diachronic investigation of mtDNA patterns in the Palpa region by ancient DNA analysis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-221

  Fehren Schmitz, Lars ^a   Reindel, Markus ^b   Cagigao, Elsa Tomasto ^c   Hummel, Susanne ^a   Herrmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Migration; Molecular genetics; Nasca; Paracas

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PERU; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERU; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 75149176193     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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