Sampling strategies in a linguistic isolate: Results from mtDNA analysis

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 192-194

  Calò, Carla Maria ^a   Corrias, Laura ^a   Vona, Giuseppe ^a   Bachis, Valeria ^a   Robledo, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADULT; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84856693005     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22215     Document Type: Article

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