Origins of aleuts and the genetic structure of populations of the archipelago: Molecular and archaeological perspectives

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 695-717

  Crawford, Michael H ^a   Rubicz, Rohina C ^a,b   Zlojutro, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan Eskimos; Aleutian archipelago; Aleuts; Chukchi; Genetic discontinuity; Genetic structure; Kamchatka; Mitochondrial DNA sequences; Siberian Eskimos; Y Chromosome markers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751657429     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0511     Document Type: Article

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