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Comprehensive Analysis of Pan-African Mitochondrial DNA Variation Provides New Insights into Continental Variation and Demography.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 20 Mar 2016
Cerezo María, Gusmão Leonor, Černý Viktor, Uddin Nabeel, Syndercombe-Court Denise, Gómez-Carballa Alberto, Göbel Tanja, Schneider Peter M, Salas Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Africa is the cradle of all human beings, and although it has been the focus of a number of genetic studies, there are many questions that remain unresolved. We have performed one of the largest and most comprehensive meta-analyses of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages carried out in the African continent to date. We generated high-throughput mtDNA single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data (230 SNPs) from 2024...
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