Origin and spread of human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U7.
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SUBMITTER: Sahakyan H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5384202 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
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Origin and spread of human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U7.
Sahakyan Hovhannes H Hooshiar Kashani Baharak B Tamang Rakesh R Kushniarevich Alena A Francis Amirtharaj A Costa Marta D MD Pathak Ajai Kumar AK Khachatryan Zaruhi Z Sharma Indu I van Oven Mannis M Parik Jüri J Hovhannisyan Hrant H Metspalu Ene E Pennarun Erwan E Karmin Monika M Tamm Erika E Tambets Kristiina K Bahmanimehr Ardeshir A Reisberg Tuuli T Reidla Maere M Achilli Alessandro A Olivieri Anna A Gandini Francesca F Perego Ugo A UA Al-Zahery Nadia N Houshmand Massoud M Sanati Mohammad Hossein MH Soares Pedro P Rai Ekta E Šarac Jelena J Šarić Tena T Sharma Varun V Pereira Luisa L Fernandes Veronica V Černý Viktor V Farjadian Shirin S Singh Deepankar Pratap DP Azakli Hülya H Üstek Duran D Ekomasova Trofimova Natalia N Kutuev Ildus I Litvinov Sergei S Bermisheva Marina M Khusnutdinova Elza K EK Rai Niraj N Singh Manvendra M Singh Vijay Kumar VK Reddy Alla G AG Tolk Helle-Viivi HV Cvjetan Svjetlana S Lauc Lovorka Barac LB Rudan Pavao P Michalodimitrakis Emmanuel N EN Anagnou Nicholas P NP Pappa Kalliopi I KI Golubenko Maria V MV Orekhov Vladimir V Borinskaya Svetlana A SA Kaldma Katrin K Schauer Monica A MA Simionescu Maya M Gusar Vladislava V Grechanina Elena E Govindaraj Periyasamy P Voevoda Mikhail M Damba Larissa L Sharma Swarkar S Singh Lalji L Semino Ornella O Behar Doron M DM Yepiskoposyan Levon L Richards Martin B MB Metspalu Mait M Kivisild Toomas T Thangaraj Kumarasamy K Endicott Phillip P Chaubey Gyaneshwer G Torroni Antonio A Villems Richard R
Scientific reports 20170407
Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U is among the initial maternal founders in Southwest Asia and Europe and one that best indicates matrilineal genetic continuity between late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer groups and present-day populations of Europe. While most haplogroup U subclades are older than 30 thousand years, the comparatively recent coalescence time of the extant variation of haplogroup U7 (~16-19 thousand years ago) suggests that its current distribution is the consequence of more rece ...[more]
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