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SUBMITTER: Pierron D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3125290 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pierron Denis D Chang Ivan I Arachiche Amal A Heiske Margit M Thomas Olivier O Borlin Marine M Pennarun Erwan E Murail Pacal P Thoraval Didier D Rocher Christophe C Letellier Thierry T
PloS one 20110628 6
R-lineage mitochondrial DNA represents over 90% of the European population and is significantly present all around the planet (North Africa, Asia, Oceania, and America). This lineage played a major role in migration "out of Africa" and colonization in Europe. In order to determine an accurate dating of the R lineage and its sublineages, we analyzed 1173 individuals and complete mtDNA sequences from Mitomap. This analysis revealed a new coalescence age for R at 54.500 years, as well as several li ...[more]