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mtDNA variation indicates Mongolia may have been the source for the founding population for the New World.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 1996
Merriwether D A, Hall W W, Vahlne A, Ferrell R E
Abstract excerpt
mtDNA RFLP variation was analyzed in 42 Mongolians from Ulan Bator. All four founding lineage types (A [4.76%], B [2.38%], C [11.9%], and D [19.04%]) identified by Torroni and colleagues were detected. Seven of the nine founding lineage types proposed by Bailliet and colleagues and Merriwether and Ferrell were detected (A2 [4.76%], B [2.38%], C1 [11.9%], D1 [7.14%], D2 [11.9%], X6 [16.7%], and X7 [9.5%])....
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