MtDNA diversity of Ghana: A forensic and phylogeographic view

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-249

  Fendt, Liane ^a   Röck, Alexander ^a   Zimmermann, Bettina ^a   Bodner, Martin ^a   Thye, Thorsten ^b   Tschentscher, Frank ^c,g   Owusu Dabo, Ellis ^d,e   Göbel, Tanja M K ^f   Schneider, Peter M ^f   Parson, Walther ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^d KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Control region; EMPOP; Forensic science; Ghana; MtDNA; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GHANA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GHANA; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857038095     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: 18780326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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