Article
Mitochondrial diversity in linguistic isolates of the Alps: a reappraisal.
Human biology - 1 Oct 2002
Vernesi Cristiano, Fuselli Silvia, Castrì Loredana, Bertorelle Giorgio, Barbujani Guido
Abstract excerpt
In Stenico et al. (1996) we reported unusually high levels of mitochondrial diversity in the Alps. In particular, two communities of Ladin speakers appeared the most extreme European mitochondrial outliers at that time. Recently, it has been observed that some rare nucleotide substitutions occur repeatedly among those sequences, raising the possibility of systematic sequencing errors. No biological material was...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.