Mitochondrial DNA diversity in two ethnic groups in Southeastern Kenya: Perspectives from the northeastern periphery of the bantu expansion

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 482-491

  Batai, Ken ^a,b   Babrowski, Kara B ^c   Arroyo, Juan Pablo ^d   Kusimba, Chapurukha M ^e   Williams, Sloan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; demographic history; gene flow

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION; REVIEW;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE;

EID: 84874401793     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22227     Document Type: Review

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