Mitochondrial DNA diversity in the Kuna Amerinds of Panamá.

doi:10.1093/hmg/4.5.921

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Mitochondrial DNA diversity in the Kuna Amerinds of Panamá.

Human molecular genetics - 1 May 1995

Batista O, Kolman C J, Bermingham E

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotype diversity was determined for 63 Chibcha-speaking Kuna Amerinds sampled widely across their geographic range in eastern Panamá. The Kuna data were compared with mtDNA control region I sequences from two neighboring Chibchan groups, the Ngöbé and the Huetar; two...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Mitochondrial
Emigration and Immigration
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Haplotypes
Humans
Indians, Central American
Molecular Sequence Data
Panama
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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