Mitochondrial DNA evidence supports northeast Indian origin of the aboriginal Andamanese in the Late Paleolithic

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 117-122

  Wang, Hua Wei ^a   Mitra, Bikash ^a,b   Chaudhuri, Tapas Kumar ^b   Palanichamy, Malliya gounder ^a   Kong, Qing Peng ^c,d   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,c,d  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Andamanese; MtDNA; Myanmar; Northeast India; Origin

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MYANMAR; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLITHIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ASIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 79953727827     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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