South from Alaska: A pilot adna study of genetic history on the Alaska Peninsula and the eastern Aleutians

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 677-693

  Raff, Jennifer ^a   Tackney, Justin ^a   O'Rourke, Dennis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

ADNA; Aleutian Islands; Aleutian prehistory; HVRI; MtDNA haplogroups

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA;

EID: 78751675592     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0510     Document Type: Article

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