Article
Native South American genetic structure and prehistory inferred from hierarchical modeling of mtDNA.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Mar 2008
Lewis Cecil M, Long Jeffrey C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity in Native South Americans forms a complex pattern at both the continental and local levels. In comparing the West to the East, there is more variation within groups and smaller genetic distances between groups. From this pattern, researchers have proposed that there is more variation in the West and that a larger, more genetically diverse, founding population entered the West than the East....
Topics
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Indians, South American
- Models, Genetic
- Phylogeny
- South America