The origins and genetic distinctiveness of the chamorros of the Marianas Islands: An mtDNA perspective

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-122

  Vilar, Miguel G ^a,b   Chan, Chim W ^b   Santos, Dana R ^b,c   Lynch, Daniel ^d   Spathis, Rita ^b   Garruto, Ralph M ^b   Lum, J Koji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUNY Delhi   (United States)

^d Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Hematopoiesis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GUAM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENE FLOW; GUAM; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA;

EID: 84871336394     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22349     Document Type: Article

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