Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA diversity in the Chocó and Chibcha Amerinds of Panamá.

doi:10.1093/genetics/147.3.1289

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Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA diversity in the Chocó and Chibcha Amerinds of Panamá.

Genetics - 1 Nov 1997

Kolman C J, Bermingham E

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Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA diversities were determined for two Chocó-speaking Amerind populations, the Emberá and Wounan, sampled widely across their geographic range in eastern Panamá. These data were compared with mitochondrial and nuclear diversities determined here and previously for neigh...

Topics

Cell Nucleus
DNA
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Humans
Indians, Central American
Mathematical Computing
Panama
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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