Ancient DNA from nomads in 2500-year-old archeological sites of Pengyang, China

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 215-218

  Zhao, Yong Bin ^a,b   Li, Hong Jie ^a   Cai, Da Wei ^a   Li, Chun Xiang ^a   Zhang, Quan Chao ^a   Zhu, Hong ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Nomads; Pengyang; Y chromosome SNP

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAR EAST; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIBERIA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77951720230     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.8     Document Type: Article

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