The Andaman islanders in a regional genetic context: Reexamining the evidence for an early peopling of the archipelago from south Asia

Human Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 153-172

  Chaubey, Gyaneshwer ^a   Endicott, Phillip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b MUSÉE DE L HOMME   (France)

Author keywords

Andamanese; Autosomes; Negrito; South asia; Southeast asia

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARCHEOLOGY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 85026467289     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.085.0307     Document Type: Article

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