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SUBMITTER: O'Fallon BD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3251087 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
O'Fallon Brendan D BD Fehren-Schmitz Lars L
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20111205 51
The genetic and demographic impact of European contact with Native Americans has remained unclear despite recent interest. Whereas archeological and historical records indicate that European contact resulted in widespread mortality from various sources, genetic studies have found little evidence of a recent contraction in Native American population size. In this study we use a large dataset including both ancient and contemporary mitochondrial DNA to construct a high-resolution portrait of the H ...[more]