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The structure of diversity within New World mitochondrial DNA haplogroups: implications for the prehistory of North America.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Apr 2002
Malhi Ripan S, Eshleman Jason A, Greenberg Jonathan A, Weiss Deborah A, Schultz Shook Beth A, Kaestle Frederika A, Lorenz Joseph G, Kemp Brian M, Johnson John R, Smith David Glenn
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and hypervariable segment I (HVSI) sequences of 1,612 and 395 Native North Americans, respectively, were analyzed to identify major prehistoric population events in North America. Gene maps and spatial autocorrelation analyses suggest that populations with high frequencies of haplogroups A, B, and X experienced prehistoric population expansions in the North, Southwest, and Great...
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