Molecular genealogy of a mongol queen's family and her possible kinship with Genghis Khan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Lkhagvasuren, Gavaachimed ^a   Shin, Heejin ^b   Lee, Si Eun ^b   Tumen, Dashtseveg ^c   Kim, Jae Hyun ^d   Kim, Kyung Yong ^b   Kim, Kijeong ^b   Park, Ae Ja ^a   Lee, Ho Woon ^b   Kim, Mi Jin ^b   Choi, Jaesung ^b   Choi, Jee Hye ^b   Min, Na Young ^b   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a,b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^d Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL HAPLOGROUP; MONGOLIC PEOPLE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RELATIVE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME HAPLOGROUP; FAMILY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONGOLIA; POPULATION GENETICS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84990930963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161622     Document Type: Article

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