Article
Amerindian mitochondrial DNAs have rare Asian mutations at high frequencies, suggesting they derived from four primary maternal lineages.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1990
Schurr T G, Ballinger S W, Gan Y Y, Hodge J A, Merriwether D A, Lawrence D N, Knowler W C, Weiss K M, Wallace D C
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence variation of the South American Ticuna, the Central American Maya, and the North American Pima was analyzed by restriction-endonuclease digestion and oligonucleotide hybridization. The analysis revealed that Amerindian populations have high frequencies of mtDNAs containing the rare Asian RFLP HincII morph 6, a rare HaeIII site gain, and a unique AluI site gain. In addition,...
Topics
- Asia
- Asian People
- Base Sequence
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Gene Frequency
- Humans
- Indians, Central American
- Indians, North American
- Indians, South American