The Expanded mtDNA Phylogeny of the Franco-Cantabrian Region Upholds the Pre-Neolithic Genetic Substrate of Basques

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Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Cardoso, Sergio ^a   Valverde, Laura ^a   Alfonso Sánchez, Miguel A ^a   Palencia Madrid, Leire ^a   Elcoroaristizabal, Xabier ^a   Algorta, Jaime ^a,b   Catarino, Susana ^b   Arteta, David ^b   Herrera, Rene J ^c   Zarrabeitia, María Teresa ^d   Peña, José A ^a   de Pancorbo, Marian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Parque Tecnologico de Bizkaia   (Spain)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MESOLITHIC; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; POPULATION GENETICS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879752699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067835     Document Type: Article

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