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Global patterns in human mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome variation caused by spatial instability of the local cultural processes.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Kumar Vikrant, Langstieh Banrida T, Madhavi Komal V, Naidu Vegi M, Singh Hardeep Pal, Biswas Silpak, Thangaraj Kumarasamy, Singh Lalji, Reddy B Mohan
Abstract excerpt
Because of the widespread phenomenon of patrilocality, it is hypothesized that Y-chromosome variants tend to be more localized geographically than those of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Empirical evidence confirmatory to this hypothesis was subsequently provided among certain patrilocal and matrilocal groups of Thailand, which conforms to the isolation by distance mode of gene diffusion. However, we expect...
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