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A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing.

ABSTRACT: A complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence was reconstructed from a 38,000 year-old Neandertal individual with 8341 mtDNA sequences identified among 4.8 Gb of DNA generated from approximately 0.3 g of bone. Analysis of the assembled sequence unequivocally establishes that the Neandertal mtDNA falls outside the variation of extant human mtDNAs, and allows an estimate of the divergence date between the two mtDNA lineages of 660,000 +/- 140,000 years. Of the 13 proteins encoded in the mtDNA, subunit 2 of cytochrome c oxidase of the mitochondrial electron transport chain has experienced the largest number of amino acid substitutions in human ancestors since the separation from Neandertals. There is evidence that purifying selection in the Neandertal mtDNA was reduced compared with other primate lineages, suggesting that the effective population size of Neandertals was small.

SUBMITTER: Green RE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2602844 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing.

Green Richard E RE Malaspinas Anna-Sapfo AS Krause Johannes J Briggs Adrian W AW Johnson Philip L F PL Uhler Caroline C Meyer Matthias M Good Jeffrey M JM Maricic Tomislav T Stenzel Udo U Prüfer Kay K Siebauer Michael M Burbano Hernán A HA Ronan Michael M Rothberg Jonathan M JM Egholm Michael M Rudan Pavao P Brajković Dejana D Kućan Zeljko Z Gusić Ivan I Wikström Mårten M Laakkonen Liisa L Kelso Janet J Slatkin Montgomery M Pääbo Svante S

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A complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence was reconstructed from a 38,000 year-old Neandertal individual with 8341 mtDNA sequences identified among 4.8 Gb of DNA generated from approximately 0.3 g of bone. Analysis of the assembled sequence unequivocally establishes that the Neandertal mtDNA falls outside the variation of extant human mtDNAs, and allows an estimate of the divergence date between the two mtDNA lineages of 660,000 +/- 140,000 years. Of the 13 proteins encoded in the mtDNA, sub ...[more]

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A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing.

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A complete Neandertal mitochondrial genome sequence determined by high-throughput sequencing.

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