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Mitochondrial DNA signals of late glacial recolonization of Europe from near eastern refugia.
American journal of human genetics - 4 May 2012
Pala Maria, Olivieri Anna, Achilli Alessandro, Accetturo Matteo, Metspalu Ene, Reidla Maere, Tamm Erika, Karmin Monika, Reisberg Tuuli, Hooshiar Kashani Baharak, Perego Ugo A, Carossa Valeria, Gandini Francesca, Pereira Joana B, Soares Pedro, Angerhofer Norman, Rychkov Sergei, Al-Zahery Nadia, Carelli Valerio, Sanati Mohammad Hossein, Houshmand Massoud, Hatina Jiři, Macaulay Vincent, Pereira Luísa, Woodward Scott R, Davies William, Gamble Clive, Baird Douglas, Semino Ornella, Villems Richard, Torroni Antonio, Richards Martin B
Abstract excerpt
Human populations, along with those of many other species, are thought to have contracted into a number of refuge areas at the height of the last Ice Age. European populations are believed to be, to a large extent, the descendants of the inhabitants of these refugia, and some extant mtDNA lineages can be traced to refugia in Franco-Cantabria (haplogroups H1, H3, V, and U5b1), the Italian Peninsula (U5b3), and the...
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