Genetic diversity of a late prehispanic group of the Quebrada de Humahuaca, Northwestern Argentina

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 367-380

  Mendisco, Fanny ^a,b   Keyser, Christine ^a,b   Seldes, Veronica ^c   Rivolta, Clara ^d   Mercolli, Pablo ^d   Cruz, Pablo ^e   Nielsen, Axel E ^c   Crubezy, Eric ^b   Ludes, Bertrand ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Facultad de Filosofía y Letras ^*  (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Andes; Microevolution; Migration; Mitochondrial DNA; Palaeogenetics; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PROCEDURES; Y CHROMOSOME;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARGENTINA; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905822733     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12075     Document Type: Article

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