MtDNA variation in East Africa unravels the history of afro-asiatic groups

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-385

  Boattini, Alessio ^a   Castrì, Loredana ^a   Sarno, Stefania ^a   Useli, Antonella ^a,b   Cioffi, Manuela ^a   Sazzini, Marco ^a   Garagnani, Paolo ^a   De Fanti, Sara ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a   Luiselli, Donata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cushitic; genetic structure; Horn of Africa; Omotic; Semitic

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; KENYA; NORTH AFRICA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TANZANIA; YEMEN;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84874400278     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22212     Document Type: Article

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