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Native American mtDNA prehistory in the American Southwest.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Feb 2003
Malhi Ripan S, Mortensen Holly M, Eshleman Jason A, Kemp Brian M, Lorenz Joseph G, Kaestle Frederika A, Johnson John R, Gorodezky Clara, Smith David Glenn
Abstract excerpt
This study examines the mtDNA diversity of the proposed descendants of the multiethnic Hohokam and Anasazi cultural traditions, as well as Uto-Aztecan and Southern-Athapaskan groups, to investigate hypothesized migrations associated with the Southwest region. The mtDNA haplogroups of 117 Native Americans from southwestern North America were determined. The hypervariable segment I (HVSI) portion of the control...
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