Mitochondrial DNA patterns in the macaronesia Islands: Variation within and among archipelagos

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 610-619

  Santos, Cristina ^a,b   Fregel, Rosa ^c   Cabrera, Vincente M ^c   González, Ana M ^c   Larruga, José M ^c   Lima, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

African lineages; Haplogroup; MtDNA; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CAPE VERDE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AZORES; CAPE VERDE; COLONIALISM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

EID: 77950799133     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21180     Document Type: Article

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