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Mitochondrial DNA sequences from Switzerland reveal striking homogeneity of European populations.
Biological chemistry Hoppe-Seyler - 1 Dec 1994
Pult I, Sajantila A, Simanainen J, Georgiev O, Schaffner W, Pääbo S
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA sequences from 74 Swiss individuals were compared to sequences from British and Finish populations. We found that the nucleotide sequence differences between these populations are almost as low as those within the populations. This is in contrast to three African populations, which display substantial differences between each other. The homogeneity of the mitochondrial gene pool in Europe...
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