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Studies of human genetic history using mt DNA variation

Antonio Torroni, Chiara Rengo

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Abstract Current studies of human mitochondrial DNA have revealed that the dissection of its variation into smaller and younger subhaplogroups is an essential step in the identification of spatial frequency patterns, and that mass screening of a limited number of markers identified using complete mtDNA sequences is a very efficient strategy for inferring features of human genetic history.

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Key concepts: Mitochondrial DNA, Variation (astronomy), Genetic variation, Evolutionary biology, Biology, DNA, Human genetic variation, Identification (biology)