Geography has more influence than language on maternal genetic structure of various northeastern Thai ethnicities

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 512-520

  Kutanan, Wibhu ^a   Ghirotto, Silvia ^b   Bertorelle, Giorgio ^b   Srithawong, Suparat ^a   Srithongdaeng, Kanokpohn ^a   Pontham, Nattapon ^a   Kangwanpong, Daoroong ^c  

^a Khon Kaen University   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTROASIATIC PEOPLE; BAYES THEOREM; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENE FLOW; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; TAI-KADAI PEOPLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; THAILAND;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THAILAND;

EID: 84927170881     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2014.64     Document Type: Article

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