Article
Mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in Russians.
FEBS letters - 19 Feb 1999
Orekhov V, Poltoraus A, Zhivotovsky L A, Spitsyn V, Ivanov P, Yankovsky N
Abstract excerpt
The article presents the results of the first regular study of Russian populations by sequencing the control region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The sequenced region is the most variable on mtDNA molecule and is commonly used for population and evolutionary studies. Russians form one of the largest ethnic groups (more than 129 million). However, their genetic diversity had only been characterized with RFLP and...
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