Skip to main content
NCBI home page
American Journal of Human Genetics logoLink to American Journal of Human Genetics
letter
. 1995 Mar;56(3):812–813.

mtDNA D-loop 6-bp deletion found in the Chilean Aymara: not a unique marker for Chibcha-speaking Amerindians.

D A Merriwether, R E Ferrell, F Rothhammer
PMCID: PMC1801172  PMID: 7887438

Full text

PDF
812

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Anderson S., Bankier A. T., Barrell B. G., de Bruijn M. H., Coulson A. R., Drouin J., Eperon I. C., Nierlich D. P., Roe B. A., Sanger F. Sequence and organization of the human mitochondrial genome. Nature. 1981 Apr 9;290(5806):457–465. doi: 10.1038/290457a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bailliet G., Rothhammer F., Carnese F. R., Bravi C. M., Bianchi N. O. Founder mitochondrial haplotypes in Amerindian populations. Am J Hum Genet. 1994 Jul;55(1):27–33. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Ginther C., Corach D., Penacino G. A., Rey J. A., Carnese F. R., Hutz M. H., Anderson A., Just J., Salzano F. M., King M. C. Genetic variation among the Mapuche Indians from the Patagonian region of Argentina: mitochondrial DNA sequence variation and allele frequencies of several nuclear genes. EXS. 1993;67:211–219. doi: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8583-6_17. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Horai S., Kondo R., Nakagawa-Hattori Y., Hayashi S., Sonoda S., Tajima K. Peopling of the Americas, founded by four major lineages of mitochondrial DNA. Mol Biol Evol. 1993 Jan;10(1):23–47. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a039987. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Lorenz J. G., Smith D. G. Distribution of the 9-bp mitochondrial DNA region V deletion among North American Indians. Hum Biol. 1994 Oct;66(5):777–788. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Merriwether D. A., Rothhammer F., Ferrell R. E. Genetic variation in the New World: ancient teeth, bone, and tissue as sources of DNA. Experientia. 1994 Jun 15;50(6):592–601. doi: 10.1007/BF01921730. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Santos M., Barrantes R. D-loop mtDNA deletion as a unique marker of Chibchan Amerindians. Am J Hum Genet. 1994 Aug;55(2):413–414. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Shields G. F., Schmiechen A. M., Frazier B. L., Redd A., Voevoda M. I., Reed J. K., Ward R. H. mtDNA sequences suggest a recent evolutionary divergence for Beringian and northern North American populations. Am J Hum Genet. 1993 Sep;53(3):549–562. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Torroni A., Chen Y. S., Semino O., Santachiara-Beneceretti A. S., Scott C. R., Lott M. T., Winter M., Wallace D. C. mtDNA and Y-chromosome polymorphisms in four Native American populations from southern Mexico. Am J Hum Genet. 1994 Feb;54(2):303–318. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Torroni A., Neel J. V., Barrantes R., Schurr T. G., Wallace D. C. Mitochondrial DNA "clock" for the Amerinds and its implications for timing their entry into North America. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Feb 1;91(3):1158–1162. doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.3.1158. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Torroni A., Schurr T. G., Cabell M. F., Brown M. D., Neel J. V., Larsen M., Smith D. G., Vullo C. M., Wallace D. C. Asian affinities and continental radiation of the four founding Native American mtDNAs. Am J Hum Genet. 1993 Sep;53(3):563–590. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Torroni A., Schurr T. G., Yang C. C., Szathmary E. J., Williams R. C., Schanfield M. S., Troup G. A., Knowler W. C., Lawrence D. N., Weiss K. M. Native American mitochondrial DNA analysis indicates that the Amerind and the Nadene populations were founded by two independent migrations. Genetics. 1992 Jan;130(1):153–162. doi: 10.1093/genetics/130.1.153. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Torroni A., Sukernik R. I., Schurr T. G., Starikorskaya Y. B., Cabell M. F., Crawford M. H., Comuzzie A. G., Wallace D. C. mtDNA variation of aboriginal Siberians reveals distinct genetic affinities with Native Americans. Am J Hum Genet. 1993 Sep;53(3):591–608. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Ward R. H., Frazier B. L., Dew-Jager K., Päbo S. Extensive mitochondrial diversity within a single Amerindian tribe. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Oct 1;88(19):8720–8724. doi: 10.1073/pnas.88.19.8720. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Ward R. H., Redd A., Valencia D., Frazier B., Päbo S. Genetic and linguistic differentiation in the Americas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 Nov 15;90(22):10663–10667. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.22.10663. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from American Journal of Human Genetics are provided here courtesy of American Society of Human Genetics

RESOURCES