A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence data.

doi:10.1073/pnas.94.5.1866

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A single and early migration for the peopling of the Americas supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence data.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Mar 1997

Bonatto S L, Salzano F M

Abstract excerpt

To evaluate the number and time of the migration(s) that colonized the New World we analyzed all available sequences of the first hypervariable segment of the human mitochondrial DNA control region, including 544 Native Americans. Sequence and population trees showed that the Amerind, Na-Dene, an...

Topics

Americas
DNA, Mitochondrial
Emigration and Immigration
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Haplotypes
Humans
Indians, North American
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sequence Analysis
Siberia

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