Mitochondrial DNA variability of West New Guinea populations.

doi:10.1002/ajpa.10010

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Mitochondrial DNA variability of West New Guinea populations.

American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jan 2002

Tommaseo-Ponzetta M, Attimonelli M, De Robertis M, Tanzariello F, Saccone C

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This paper reports human mitochondrial DNA variability in West New Guinea (the least known, western side of the island of New Guinea), not yet described from a molecular perspective. The study was carried out on 202 subjects from 12 ethnic groups, belonging to six different Papuan language families, representative of both mountain and coastal plain areas. Mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region 1 (HVS 1) and the...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Mitochondrial
Emigration and Immigration
Ethnicity
Gene Amplification
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
New Guinea
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID: 11748562
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10010

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