Article
Land, language, and loci: mtDNA in Native Americans and the genetic history of Peru.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 2005
Lewis Cecil M, Tito Raúl Y, Lizárraga Beatriz, Stone Anne C
Abstract excerpt
Despite a long history of complex societies and despite extensive present-day linguistic and ethnic diversity, relatively few populations in Peru have been sampled for population genetic investigations. In order to address questions about the relationships between South American populations and about the extent of correlation between genetic distance, language, and geography in the region, mitochondrial DNA...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Language
- Molecular Sequence Data
