Mitochondrial analysis of a Byzantine population reveals the differential impact of multiple historical events in South Anatolia

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-576

  Ottoni, Claudio ^a,b   Ricaut, François X ^c   Vanderheyden, Nancy ^a   Brucato, Nicolas ^c   Waelkens, Marc ^b   Decorte, Ronny ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Ancient DNA; Byzantine; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TURKEY;

EID: 79955785248     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2010.230     Document Type: Article

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