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Reduced-median-network analysis of complete mitochondrial DNA coding-region sequences for the major African, Asian, and European haplogroups.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2002
Herrnstadt Corinna, Elson Joanna L, Fahy Eoin, Preston Gwen, Turnbull Douglass M, Anderson Christen, Ghosh Soumitra S, Olefsky Jerrold M, Beal M Flint, Davis Robert E, Howell Neil
Abstract excerpt
The evolution of the human mitochondrial genome is characterized by the emergence of ethnically distinct lineages or haplogroups. Nine European, seven Asian (including Native American), and three African mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups have been identified previously on the basis of the presence or absence of a relatively small number of restriction-enzyme recognition sites or on the basis of nucleotide...
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