MtDNA control region variation affirms diversity and deep sub-structure in populations from southern Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schlebusch, Carina M ^a,b   Lombard, Marlize ^c   Soodyall, Himla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African history; Khoe San; Khoisan speakers; L0d; L0k; Mitochondrial haplogroup; mtDNA; San; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA;

VISCUM ALBUM;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874257252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-56     Document Type: Article

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