Article
Mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome diversity and the peopling of the Americas: evolutionary and demographic evidence.
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council - 1 Jan 2000
Schurr Theodore G, Sherry Stephen T
Abstract excerpt
A number of important insights into the peopling of the New World have been gained through molecular genetic studies of Siberian and Native American populations. While there is no complete agreement on the interpretation of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y chromosome (NRY) data from these groups, several generalizations can be made. To begin with, the primary migration of ancestral Asians expanded from...
Topics
- Americas
- Anthropology, Physical
- Biological Evolution
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Demography
- Emigration and Immigration
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- History, Ancient
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- Humans
- Indians, North American
- Siberia