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Extreme mtDNA homogeneity in continental Asian populations.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jun 2002
Oota Hiroki, Kitano Takashi, Jin Feng, Yuasa Isao, Wang Li, Ueda Shintaroh, Saitou Naruya, Stoneking Mark
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in continental Asia has not been well-studied. Here, we report mtDNA HV1 sequences for 84 Xi'an and 82 Changsha Han Chinese, 89 Honshu Japanese, and 35 Vietnamese. Comparison of these sequences with other Asian mtDNA sequences reveals high variability within populations, but extremely low differentiation among Asian populations. Correlations between genetic distance and...
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