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The emerging limbs and twigs of the East Asian mtDNA tree.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2002
Kivisild Toomas, Tolk Helle-Viivi, Parik Jüri, Wang Yiming, Papiha Surinder S, Bandelt Hans-Jürgen, Villems Richard
Abstract excerpt
We determine the phylogenetic backbone of the East Asian mtDNA tree by using published complete mtDNA sequences and assessing both coding and control region variation in 69 Han individuals from southern China. This approach assists in the interpretation of published mtDNA data on East Asians based on either control region sequencing or restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) typing. Our results confirm...
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