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SUBMITTER: Richards M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1915109 | biostudies-other | 1996 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Richards M M Côrte-Real H H Forster P P Macaulay V V Wilkinson-Herbots H H Demaine A A Papiha S S Hedges R R Bandelt H J HJ Sykes B B
American journal of human genetics 19960701 1
Phylogenetic and diversity analysis of the mtDNA control region sequence variation of 821 individuals from Europe and the Middle East distinguishes five major lineage groups with different internal diversities and divergence times. Consideration of the diversities and geographic distribution of these groups within Europe and the Middle East leads to the conclusion that ancestors of the great majority of modern, extant lineages entered Europe during the Upper Paleolithic. A further set of lineage ...[more]