A new subclade of mtDNA haplogroup C1 found in icelanders: Evidence of pre-columbian contact?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-99

  Ebenesersdóttir, Sigrídur Sunna ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Ásgeir ^a   Sánchez Quinto, Federico ^c   Lalueza Fox, Carles ^c   Stefánsson, Kári ^a,b   Helgason, Agnar ^a,b  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY CSIC UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Americas; genealogy; haplogroup C; Iceland; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ICELAND; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ICELAND; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 78650439546     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21419     Document Type: Article

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