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The Geographical Origin of the 5140 mtDNA Sequences Deposited in GenBank, as of the End of August 2008
African-American descendants were included in sub-Saharan Africa and European-American descendants were included in Eurasians given that they were homogeneous groups, bearing haplogroups belonging to these regions, whereas USA “Hispanics” constituted a mixed sample, with most lineages belonging to East Asian haplogroups observed in Native Americans.
