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Larger mitochondrial DNA than Y-chromosome differences between matrilocal and patrilocal groups from Sumatra.
Nature communications - 1 Jan 2011
Gunnarsdóttir Ellen Dröfn, Nandineni Madhusudan R, Li Mingkun, Myles Sean, Gil David, Pakendorf Brigitte, Stoneking Mark
Abstract excerpt
Genetic differences between human populations are typically larger for the Y-chromosome than for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which has been attributed to the ubiquity of patrilocality across human cultures. However, this claim has been disputed, and previous analyses of matrilocal groups give conflicting results. Here we analyse mtDNA variation (complete mtDNA genome sequences via next-generation sequencing) and...
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