Diachronic Investigations of Mitochondrial and Y-Chromosomal Genetic Markers in Pre-Columbian Andean Highlanders from South Peru

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-283

  Fehren Schmitz, Lars ^a   Warnberg, Ole ^a   Reindel, Markus ^b   Seidenberg, Verena ^a   Tomasto Cagigao, Elsa ^c   Isla Cuadrado, Johny ^d   Hummel, Susanne ^a   Herrmann, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^d Instituto Andino de Estudios Arqueo ogicos INDEA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Cultural change; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular genetics; Peru; Wari; Y chromosomal Haplogroups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALTITUDE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; PERU; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 79851488815     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2010.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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