Internal diversification of mitochondrial haplogroup r0a reveals post-last glacial maximum demographic expansions in South Arabia

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Cerný, Viktor ^a   Mulligan, Connie J ^b   Fernandes, Verónica ^c   Silva, Nuno M ^c   Alshamali, Farida ^d   Non, Amy ^b   Harich, Nourdin ^e   Cherni, Lotfi ^f   El Gaaied, Amel Ben Ammar ^f   Al Meeri, Ali ^g   Pereira, Luísa ^c,h  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Dubai eGovernment Dubai Police   (United Arab Emirates)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^f FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^g SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^h University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

migrations; phylogeography; R0a haplogroup; South Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL PERIOD; HAPLOTYPE; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOUTH ASIA;

AFRICA; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 78650467989     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq178     Document Type: Article

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