Article
[Mitochondrial DNA variation in Kets and Nganasans and the early peoples of Northern Eurasia].
Genetika - 1 Nov 2002
Derbeneva O A, Starikovskaia E B, Volod'ko N V, Wallace D C, Sukernik R I
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation was studied in 38 Kets and 24 Nganasans, the indigenous inhabitants of the north of the Yenisey River Basin and the Taimyr Peninsula. The results were compared with the analogous data obtained for 59 Kondinski and 39 Sos'vinski Mansi. As a whole, mitochondrial gene pool of Mansi, Nganasans, and Kets was characterized by unique combination of European-specific (H, H2, H3, H8,...
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