Saami mitochondrial DNA reveals deep maternal lineage clusters.
The mitochondrial DNA of 62 Saami from the north of Norway was analyzed in the D loop hypervariable region I and II and sequences were compared to other gene pools. Two major (lineage 1 and 2) and two minor (lineage 3 and 4) maternal lineage clusters were found. Lineage 1 (56.9% of all hitherto analyzed Saami samples) contains a substantial number of branching haplotypes which are unknown in European gene pools. Lineage 2 (31.5%) and lineage 4 (3.6%) have few branching points and are present at a low rate throughout European gene pools. Lineage 3 (4.7%) has polymorphisms characteristic of circumpolar lineages.
Delghandi
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Morphology II Department, University of Tromsø, Norway.
Utsi
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Krauss
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D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009664:Norway / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial