Reconstructing the population history of Nicaragua by means of mtDNA, Y-chromosome STRs, and autosomal STR markers

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-600

  Nuñez, Carolina ^a   Baeta, Miriam ^a   Sosa, Cecilia ^a   Casalod, Yolanda ^a   Ge, Jianye ^b   Budowle, Bruce ^b   Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; genetic admixture; Mestizos; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAUCASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MALE; NICARAGUA; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; INDIANS, CENTRAL AMERICAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NICARAGUA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78649662169     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21355     Document Type: Article

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