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Y-chromosome analysis reveals genetic divergence and new founding native lineages in Athapaskan- and Eskimoan-speaking populations.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 May 2012
Dulik Matthew C, Owings Amanda C, Gaieski Jill B, Vilar Miguel G, Andre Alestine, Lennie Crystal, Mackenzie Mary Adele, Kritsch Ingrid, Snowshoe Sharon, Wright Ruth, Martin James, Gibson Nancy, Andrews Thomas D, Schurr Theodore G
Abstract excerpt
For decades, the peopling of the Americas has been explored through the analysis of uniparentally inherited genetic systems in Native American populations and the comparison of these genetic data with current linguistic groupings. In northern North America, two language families predominate: Eskimo-Aleut and Na-Dene. Although the genetic evidence from nuclear and mtDNA loci suggest that speakers of these language...
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