Unraveling the complex maternal history of Southern African Khoisan populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-448

  Barbieri, Chiara ^a   Güldemann, Tom ^a,b   Naumann, Christfried ^a,b   Gerlach, Linda ^a,b   Berthold, Falko ^a,b   Nakagawa, Hirosi ^c   Mpoloka, Sununguko W ^d   Stoneking, Mark ^a   Pakendorf, Brigitte ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^e University of Lyon 2   (France)

Author keywords

foragers; haplogroup; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

BLACK PERSON; BOTSWANA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMIBIA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BOTSWANA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84893971805     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22441     Document Type: Article

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