Brief communication: Mitochondrial haplotype C4C confirmed as a founding genome in the Americas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 494-497

  Malhi, Ripan S ^a,f   Cybulski, Jerome S ^b   Tito, Raul Y ^c   Johnson, Jesse ^a   Harry, Harold ^d   Dan, Carrie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Ontario History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Chair of the Canadian Nursing History Collection Working Group   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d Stswécemc Xgat'temc Indian Band   (Canada)

^e Tk'emlups Indian Band   (Canada)

^f 209F Davenport Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

mtDNA; Native american; Peopling of the Americas

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE C1D; HAPLOTYPE C4C; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SALIVA;

EID: 76149130060     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21238     Document Type: Article

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