Different matrilineal contributions to genetic structure of ethnic groups in the Silk Road region in China

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2265-2280

  Yao, Yong Gang ^a   Kong, Qing Peng ^a,b,c   Wang, Cheng Ye ^a,c   Zhu, Chun Ling ^a   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Admixture; Ethnic group; Haplogroup; Migration; mtDNA; Silk Road

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 8444227060     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh238     Document Type: Article

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