[Role of natural selection in evolution of mitochondrial haplogroups from Northeastern Eurasia]

N P El'tsov; N V Volod'ko; E B Starikovskaia; I O Mazunin; R I Sukernik

[Role of natural selection in evolution of mitochondrial haplogroups from Northeastern Eurasia]

Genetika. 2010 Sep;46(9):1247-9.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

N P El'tsov, N V Volod'ko, E B Starikovskaia, I O Mazunin, R I Sukernik

PMID: 21061628

Abstract

The role of natural selection in the evolution of human populations from Northeastern Eurasia was studied. Selection for the regions-specific haplogroup C was demonstrated.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

American Indian or Alaska Native*
Arctic Regions
Asian People*
Cytochromes b / genetics
DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics*
Haplotypes
Humans
Mutation
NADH Dehydrogenase / genetics
North America
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Selection, Genetic*
Siberia

Substances

DNA, Mitochondrial
NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4
Cytochromes b
NADH Dehydrogenase