An mtDNA analysis in ancient Basque populations: implications for haplogroup V as a marker for a major paleolithic expansion from Southwestern Europe

Article Abstract:

An mtDNA RFLP analysis has been carried out for ancient Basque populations using 121 dental samples from prehistoric sites and implications have been drawn for use of haplogroup V as a marker for a major paleolithic expansion from Southwestern Europe. Parallel analysis of 92 bone samples was carried out and controls were used in extraction/amplification. Typing was done by both positive and negative restriction of the linked sites characterizing haplogroups. The most likely origin/distribution scenario for haplogroup V would be mutation defining the haplogroup appearing when the effective population size was small enough for genetic drift to occur. A hypothesis based on genetic data from populations of today was different. In the postglacial period a major demographic change in the area minimized effects of genetic drift.

France, Spain, Europe, Antiquities, Genetic markers, Biogeomorphology, Basques, Teeth, Fossil, Fossil teeth

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Peopling of Sahul: mtDNA variation in aboriginal Australian and Papua New Guinean populations

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Genetic affinities of 318 persons in Aboriginal Australian and New Guinean populations have been stdied using nucleotide variation in the two hypervariable segments of the mtDNA control region, and this project is discussed. The subjects are from highland Papua New Guinea (PNG) and coastal PNG groups and Australia. The results do not support a close relationship, but suggest multiple migrations in peopling of Sahul, the Pleisocene lanmass joinging Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. It seems aboigines of Australia are liked with those from India.

Australia, Germany, Papua New Guinea, Statistical Data Included, Asia, Emigration and immigration, Phylogeny, Indigenous peoples, Oceania, Australian aborigines, Aboriginal Australians, Ethnology, Cultural anthropology, New Guinea

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mtDNA analysis of a prehistoric Oneota population: implications for the peopling of the New World

Article Abstract:

The hypothesis that people migrated into the Americas in three waves is not supported by mtDNA evidence. Instead, a single migration of a population with significant mtDNA diversity is suggested, with a signature of expansion from 23,000-37,000 years ago. A comparison was done of mtDNA from a pre-Columbian population and contemporary Native American and Asian mtDNA. The pre-Columbian mtDNA was extracted from 108 individuals from the Norris Farms Oneota, dating from about AD 1300.

Demographic aspects, Native Americans, Prehistoric peoples, Native North Americans, Origin, America, Oneidas

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