Forensic and phylogeographic characterisation of mtDNA lineages from Somalia

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-579

  Mikkelsen, Martin ^a   Fendt, Liane ^b   Röck, Alexander W ^b   Zimmermann, Bettina ^b   Rockenbauer, Eszter ^a   Hansen, Anders J ^a   Parson, Walther ^b   Morling, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Control region; EMPOP; Forensic genetics; mtDNA; Population data; Somalia

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOMALIA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOMALIA;

EID: 84864035324     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0694-6     Document Type: Article

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