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Ancient mitochondrial M haplogroups identified in the Southwest Pacific.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 13 Sept 2005
Merriwether D Andrew, Hodgson Jason A, Friedlaender Françoise R, Allaby Robin, Cerchio Salvatore, Koki George, Friedlaender Jonathan S
Abstract excerpt
Based on whole mtDNA sequencing of 14 samples from Northern Island Melanesia, we characterize three formerly unresolved branches of macrohaplogroup M that we call haplogroups M27, M28, and M29. Our 1,399 mtDNA control region sequences and a literature search indicate these haplogroups have extrem...
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