Mitochondrial DNA history of Sri Lankan ethnic people: Their relations within the island and with the Indian subcontinental populations

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-36

  Ranaweera, Lanka ^a   Kaewsutthi, Supannee ^a   Win Tun, Aung ^a   Boonyarit, Hathaichanoke ^a   Poolsuwan, Samerchai ^b   Lertrit, Patcharee ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; genetic relationship; mtDNA; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA HYPERVARIABLE SEGMENT 1; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA HYPERVARIABLE SEGMENT 2; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SRI LANKA;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84893215577     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.112     Document Type: Article

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