MtDNA profile of West Africa Guineans: towards a better understanding of the Senegambia region

The matrilineal genetic composition of 372 samples from the Republic of Guiné-Bissau (West African coast) was studied using RFLPs and partial sequencing of the mtDNA control and coding region. The majority of the mtDNA lineages of Guineans (94%) belong to West African specific sub-clusters of L0-L3...

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Main Author: Rosa, Alexandra (author)
Other Authors: Brehm, António (author), Kivisild, Toomas (author), Metspalu, Ene (author), Villems, Richard (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
African Continental Ancestry Group
DNA, Mitochondrial
Evolution, Molecular
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Geography
Guinea-Bissau
Haplotypes
Humans
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Genetics, Population
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Faculdade de Ciências da Vida
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3044
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:digituma.uma.pt:10400.13/3044

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3044

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