Peopling of the Americas, founded by four major lineages of mitochondrial DNA.

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Peopling of the Americas, founded by four major lineages of mitochondrial DNA.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 1993

Horai S, Kondo R, Nakagawa-Hattori Y, Hayashi S, Sonoda S, Tajima K

Abstract excerpt

Nucleotide sequence analysis of the major noncoding region of human mitochondrial DNA from various races was extended with 72 Native Americans from 16 different local populations (nine populations from Chile, four from Colombia, and one each from Brazil and from Maya and Apache Indians). The sequences were determined directly from the polymerase chain reaction products. On the basis of a comparison of the 482-bp...

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Americas
Animals
Asia
Asian People
Base Sequence
DNA, Mitochondrial
Emigration and Immigration
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
History, Ancient
Humans
Indians, Central American

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Indians, North American

Indians, South American

Japan

Models, Genetic

Molecular Sequence Data

Phylogeny

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PMID: 7680748
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a039987

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