On the origins, rapid expansion and genetic diversity of native Americans from hunting-gatherers to agriculturalists

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-348

  Regueiro, Maria ^a   Alvarez, Joseph ^a   Rowold, Diane ^a   Herrera, Rene J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

haplogroup; haplotype; peopling of the Americas; phylogenetic analyses; Y SNP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURALIST; AGRICULTURE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIALLELIC POLYMORPHISM; GATHERER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE POLYMORPHISM; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; POPULATION GROWTH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84874407536     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22207     Document Type: Article

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