The Arabian peninsula: Gate for Human Migrations Out of Africa or Cul-de-Sac? A Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeographic Perspective

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048127184, 2010, Pages 79-87

  Cabrera, Vicente M ^b   Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a   Larruga, José M ^b   González, Ana M ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersals; Macrohaplogroup; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019899073     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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