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Native American mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that the Amerind and the Nadene populations were founded by two independent migrations.

Genetics - 1 Jan 1992

Torroni A, Schurr T G, Yang C C, Szathmary E J, Williams R C, Schanfield M S, Troup G A, Knowler W C, Lawrence D N, Weiss K M

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Mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) from 167 American Indians including 87 Amerind-speakers (Amerinds) and 80 Nadene-speakers (Nadene) were surveyed for sequence variation by detailed restriction analysis. All Native American mtDNAs clustered into one of four distinct lineages, defined by the restriction site variants: HincII site loss at np 13,259, AluI site loss at np 5,176, 9-base pair (9-bp) COII-tRNA(Lys) intergenic...

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Asian People
Biological Evolution
DNA, Mitochondrial
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Haplotypes
Humans
Indians, North American
Mutation

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

North America

Phylogeny

Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

RNA, Transfer, Lys

White People

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PMID: 1346260
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/130.1.153
PMCID: PMC1204788

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