The Arabian cradle: Mitochondrial relicts of the first steps along the Southern route out of Africa

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 347-355

  Fernandes, Verónica ^a,b   Alshamali, Farida ^c   Alves, Marco ^a   Costa, Marta D ^a,b   Pereira, Joana B ^a,b   Silva, Nuno M ^a   Cherni, Lotfi ^d,e   Harich, Nourdin ^f   Cerny, Viktor ^g,h   Soares, Pedro ^a   Richards, Martin B ^b,i   Pereira, Luísa ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Dubai eGovernment Dubai Police   (United Arab Emirates)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^f FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h Institute for Advanced Study   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^j University of Porto   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EUROPE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE;

AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARABIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84857046912     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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