Siberians

 Aboriginal Siberian populations exhibited mtDNAs from three (Haplogroup A, Haplogroup C, and Haplogroup D) of the four haplogroups observed in Native Americans. (#7688933#)

 None of the Siberian populations showed mtDNAs from the fourth haplogroup, Haplogroup B.

• The presence of group B deletion haplotypes in East Asian and Native American populations but their absence in Siberians raises the possibility that haplogroup B could represent a migratory event distinct from the one(s) which brought group A, C, and D mtDNAs to the Americas. (#7688933#)

 The first humans to move from Siberia to the Americas could carried with them a limited number of founding mtDNAs and that the initial migration occurred between 17,000-34,000 years before present. (#7688933#)

See also

 mtDNA variation
 phylogenetic analyses
 sequence divergence estimations
 Y chromosome haplogroups

• haplogroup M3
• haplogroup M45

 Siberia

• Evenks and Evens

 Americas

• Native Americans

References

 Pakendorf B, Novgorodov IN, Osakovskij VL, Stoneking M. Mating patterns amongst Siberian reindeer herders: Inferences from mtDNA and Y-chromosomal analyses. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2007 May 9; PMID: #17492671#

 Phillips-Krawczak C, Devor E, Zlojutro M, Moffat-Wilson K, Crawford MH. MtDNA variation in the Altai-Kizhi population of southern Siberia: a synthesis of genetic variation. Hum Biol. 2006 Aug;78(4):477-94. PMID: #17278622#

 Lell JT, Sukernik RI, Starikovskaya YB, Su B, Jin L, Schurr TG, Underhill PA, Wallace DC. The dual origin and Siberian affinities of Native American Y chromosomes. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Jan;70(1):192-206. PMID: #11731934#

 Torroni A, Sukernik RI, Schurr TG, Starikorskaya YB, Cabell MF, Crawford MH, Comuzzie AG, Wallace DC. mtDNA variation of aboriginal Siberians reveals distinct genetic affinities with Native Americans. Am J Hum Genet. 1993 Sep;53(3):591-608. PMID: #7688933#