Characterization of population structure from the mitochondrial DNA vis-à-vis language and geography in Papua New Guinea

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 613-624

  Lee, Esther J ^a   Koki, George ^b   Merriwether, D Andrew ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Geography; Language; mtDNA; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MELANESIA; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGY; BLOOD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77954493476     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21284     Document Type: Article

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