Article
Trading genes along the silk road: mtDNA sequences and the origin of central Asian populations.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Comas D, Calafell F, Mateu E, Pérez-Lezaun A, Bosch E, Martínez-Arias R, Clarimon J, Facchini F, Fiori G, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Bertranpetit J
Abstract excerpt
Central Asia is a vast region at the crossroads of different habitats, cultures, and trade routes. Little is known about the genetics and the history of the population of this region. We present the analysis of mtDNA control-region sequences in samples of the Kazakh, the Uighurs, the lowland Kirg...
Topics
- Africa
- Altitude
- Asia
- Asia, Central
- Asian People
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Databases, Factual
- Europe
- Gene Frequency
- Gene Pool
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Variation
- Humans