Genetic diversity among ancient Nordic populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Melchior, Linea ^a,d   Lynnerup, Niels ^a   Siegismund, Hans R ^b   Kivisild, Toomas ^c   Dissing, Jørgen ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Kennedy Centre   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; BRONZE AGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SCANDINAVIA; GENETICS; HAIR; METABOLISM;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAIR; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77955693742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011898     Document Type: Article

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