Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Kennett, Douglas J ^a   Plog, Stephen ^b   George, Richard J ^a   Culleton, Brendan J ^a   Watson, Adam S ^c   Skoglund, Pontus ^d   Rohland, Nadin ^d   Mallick, Swapan ^d,e,f   Stewardson, Kristin ^d,f   Kistler, Logan ^a,h   Leblanc, Steven A ^g   Whiteley, Peter M ^c   Reich, David ^d,e,f   Perry, George H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COMPLEXITY; GENOME; HERITABILITY; LEADERSHIP; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PERSISTENCE; PREHISTORIC;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANDMOTHER; GRANDSON; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARCHEOLOGY; BURIAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PEDIGREE; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA]; UNITED STATES;

KATSUWONUS PELAMIS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BURIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEW MEXICO; PEDIGREE; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85013441150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14115     Document Type: Article

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