Ancient DNA: A window to the past of Europe

Human Heredity

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 121-132

  Deguilloux, Marie France ^a   Mendisco, Fanny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; European populations; Genetic continuity; Mitochondrial DNA; Neolithic transition

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT DNA; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BOTTLENECK POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MESOLITHIC; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NEOLITHIC; PALEOGENE; PALEOLITHIC; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; EUROPEAN; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA; EUROPE; GENE POOL; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901507853     PISSN: 00015652     EISSN: 14230062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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