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Whole-mtDNA genome sequence analysis of ancient African lineages.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 2007
Gonder Mary Katherine, Mortensen Holly M, Reed Floyd A, de Sousa Alexandra, Tishkoff Sarah A
Abstract excerpt
Studies of human mitochondrial (mt) DNA genomes demonstrate that the root of the human phylogenetic tree occurs in Africa. Although 2 mtDNA lineages with an African origin (haplogroups M and N) were the progenitors of all non-African haplogroups, macrohaplogroup L (including haplogroups L0-L6) is limited to sub-Saharan Africa. Several L haplogroup lineages occur most frequently in eastern Africa (e.g., L0a, L0f,...
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