Mitochondrial diversity in Amerindian Kichwa and Mestizo populations from Ecuador

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-302

  Baeta, Miriam ^a   Núñez, Carolina ^a   Sosa, Cecilia ^a   Bolea, Miguel ^a   Casalod, Yolanda ^a   González Andrade, Fabricio ^b   Roewer, Lutz ^c   Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Ecuador)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control region; Ecuador; MtDNA population data; Native American

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECUADOR; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN;

BLOOD STAINS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECUADOR; FORENSIC GENETICS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN;

EID: 84863006253     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-011-0656-4     Document Type: Article

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