The origin of Amerindians and the peopling of the Americas according to HLA genes: Admixture with Asian and Pacific people

Current Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-114

  Arnaiz Villena, A ^a   Parga Lozano, C ^a   Moreno, E ^b   Areces, C ^a   Rey, D ^a   Gomez Prieto, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aleuts; Amerindians; Athabaskans; Eskimo; HLA; mtDNA; Peopling of America; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; REVIEW; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 77950375313     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920210790886862     Document Type: Review

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