Distribution of sequence variation in the mtDNA control region of Native North Americans.

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Distribution of sequence variation in the mtDNA control region of Native North Americans.

Human biology - 1 Dec 1997

Lorenz J G, Smith D G

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The distributions of mtDNA diversity within and/or among North American haplogroups, language groups, and tribes were used to characterize the process of tribalization that followed the colonization of the New World. Approximately 400 bp from the mtDNA control region of 1 Na-Dene and 33 Amerind individuals representing a wide variety of languages and geographic origins were sequenced. With the inclusion of data...

Topics

Anthropology, Cultural
DNA, Mitochondrial
Ethnicity
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Humans
Indians, North American
Sequence Analysis

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PMID: 9353972

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