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Diversity and age of the four major mtDNA haplogroups, and their implications for the peopling of the New World.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 1997
Bonatto S L, Salzano F M
Abstract excerpt
Despite considerable investigation, two main questions on the origin of Native Americans remain the topic of intense debate-namely, the number and time of the migration(s) into the Americas. Using the 720 available Amerindian mtDNA control-region sequences, we reanalyzed the nucleotide diversity found within each of the four major mtDNA haplogroups (A-D) thought to have been present in the colonization of the New...
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