Genetic perspectives on the origin of clicks in Bantu languages from southwestern Zambia

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 430-436

  Barbieri, Chiara ^a   Butthof, Anne ^a   Bostoen, Koen ^b,c,d   Pakendorf, Brigitte ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bantu; clicks; Khoisan; mtDNA; Y chromosome; Zambia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME; ZAMBIA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHONETICS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POPULATION; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84875050186     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.192     Document Type: Article

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