Language isolates and their genetic identity: A commentary on 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 2, 2014, Pages 61-63

  Chaubey, Gyaneshwer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; NOTE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LANGUAGE; MALE; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84896887463     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.122     Document Type: Note

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