Mitochondrial haplogroup C4c: A rare lineage entering America through the ice-free corridor?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-39

  Kashani, Baharak Hooshiar ^a   Perego, Ugo A ^a,b   Olivieri, Anna ^a   Angerhofer, Norman ^b   Gandini, Francesca ^a   Carossa, Valeria ^a   Lancioni, Hovirag ^c   Semino, Ornella ^a   Woodward, Scott R ^b   Achilli, Alessandro ^c   Torroni, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

mitochondrial genome; mtDNA haplogroup C4c; Native Americans; Paleo Indian migrations

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA C4C; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA X2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICE SHEET; INDIAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEO INDIAN; PHYLOGENY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; COLOMBIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83655167181     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21614     Document Type: Article

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