mtDNA Variation in the Altai-Kizhi Population of Southern Siberia: A Synthesis of Genetic Variation

From: Human Biology | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Crawford, Michael H; Devor, Eric; Moffat-Wilson, Kristin; Zlojutro, Mark; Phillips-Krawczak, Christine | Copyright information

Abstract

The native peoples of Gorno Altai in southern Siberia represent a genetically diverse population and have been of great interest to anthropological genetics. In particular, the southern Altaian population is argued to be the best candidate for the New World ancestral population. In this study we sampled Altai-Kizhi from the southern Altaian village of Mendur-Sokkon, analyzed mtDNA RFLP markers and HVS-I sequences, and compared the results to other published mtDNA data from Der...

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