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Maternal lineage diversity and health-related haplogroups in the Gilgiti and Kohistani populations of northern Pakistan.
BMC genomics - 27 Dec 2025
Adnan Atif, Rakha Allah, Tao Le, Shen Qu, Chen Hao Dong, He Hai Feng, Ullah Muhammad Farhat, Nazir Shahid, Zafar Absar Ahmad, Wang Chuan-Chao, Wang Hongbo
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a crucial genetic marker for tracing maternal ancestry, understanding population history, and identifying disease-associated variants. Northern Pakistan, particularly the Kohistani and Gilgiti populations, lies at a historically significant crossroads of human migration, yet remains genetically understudied. Previous studies on these populations have primarily focused on the mtDNA...
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