Article
mtDNA control-region sequence variation suggests multiple independent origins of an "Asian-specific" 9-bp deletion in sub-Saharan Africans.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Mar 1996
Soodyall H, Vigilant L, Hill A V, Stoneking M, Jenkins T
Abstract excerpt
The intergenic COII/tRNA(Lys) 9-bp deletion in human mtDNA, which is found at varying frequencies in Asia, Southeast Asia, Polynesia, and the New World, was also found in 81 of 919 sub-Saharan Africans. Using mtDNA control-region sequence data from a subset of 41 individuals with the deletion, we...
Topics
- Africa South of the Sahara
- Base Sequence
- Black People
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Ethnicity
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny