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
- Native Americans
References
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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