title: Ethnic affinities of the ancient human Jety-Asar population by mitochondrial DNA analysis.
abstract: An anthropological study of the remains has indicated uniformity of the ancient human Jety-Asar population (Central Asia) and suggests a mixed Euro-Mongoloid genesis. DNA was extracted from teeth from three Caucasoid skulls recovered from a burial site dated at approximately 2000 years ago. Ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was analysed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis for the A, B, C and D haplogroups and the sequencing of hypervariable region I of the mtDNA control region. The full set of mtDNA control region variants determined for Jety-Asar specimens was only found among a modern Mongolian population (Mongoloid people), indicating some discordance of molecular and morphological data.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Moscow, Russia. oigor@hotmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ovchinnikov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buzhilova
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mednikova
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Curry
mesh_terms: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D010163:Paleontology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial