First ancient mitochondrial human genome from a prepastoralist Southern African

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2647-2653

  Morris, Alan G ^a   Heinze, Anja ^b   Chan, Eva K F ^c   Smith, Andrew B ^a   Hayes, Vanessa M ^c,d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Archeological skeletons; Khoesan; Marine foragers; Mitochondrial genome; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; FOSSILS; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84926364050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu202     Document Type: Article

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