Low mitochondrial DNA diversity in an ancient population from China: Insight into social organization at the fujia site

Human Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-84

  Dong, Yu ^a,b   Li, Chunxiang ^c   Luan, Fengshi ^a   Li, Zhenguang ^d   Li, Hongjie ^c   Cui, Yinqiu ^b,c   Zhou, Hui ^c   Malhi, Ripan S ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Kinship; Matrilineal; Mtdna; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CHINA; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84943573753     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13110/humanbiology.87.1.0071     Document Type: Article

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