TY - JOUR
T1 - Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms in Chilean aboriginal populations
T2 - Implications for the peopling of the southern cone of the continent
AU - Moraga, Mauricio L.
AU - Rocco, Paola
AU - Miquel, Juan F.
AU - Nervi, Flavio
AU - Llop, Elena
AU - Chakraborty, Ranajit
AU - Rothhammer, Francisco
AU - Carvallo, Pilar
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) from individuals belonging to three Chilean tribes, the Mapuche, the Pehuenche, and the Yaghan, were studied both by RFLP analysis and D-loop (control region) sequencing. RFLP analysis showed that 3 individuals (1.3%) belonged to haplogroup A, 19 (8%) to haplogroup B, 102 (43%) to haplogroup C, and 113 (47.7%) to haplogroup D. Among the 73 individuals analyzed by D-loop sequencing, we observed 37 different haplotypes defined by 52 polymorphic sites. Joint analysis of data obtained by RFLP and sequencing methods demonstrated that, regardless of the method of analysis, the mtDNA haplo-types of these three contemporary South American aborigine groups clustered into four main haplogroups, in a way similar to those previously described for other Amerindians. These results further revealed the absence of haplogroup A in both the Mapuche and Yaghan as well as the absence of haplogroup B in the Yaghan. These results suggest that the people of Tierra del Fuego are related to tribes from south-central South America. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
AB - The mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) from individuals belonging to three Chilean tribes, the Mapuche, the Pehuenche, and the Yaghan, were studied both by RFLP analysis and D-loop (control region) sequencing. RFLP analysis showed that 3 individuals (1.3%) belonged to haplogroup A, 19 (8%) to haplogroup B, 102 (43%) to haplogroup C, and 113 (47.7%) to haplogroup D. Among the 73 individuals analyzed by D-loop sequencing, we observed 37 different haplotypes defined by 52 polymorphic sites. Joint analysis of data obtained by RFLP and sequencing methods demonstrated that, regardless of the method of analysis, the mtDNA haplo-types of these three contemporary South American aborigine groups clustered into four main haplogroups, in a way similar to those previously described for other Amerindians. These results further revealed the absence of haplogroup A in both the Mapuche and Yaghan as well as the absence of haplogroup B in the Yaghan. These results suggest that the people of Tierra del Fuego are related to tribes from south-central South America. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
KW - Amerindian mtDNA haplogroups
KW - Peopling of the southern cone
KW - Sequence analysis
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U2 - 10.1002/1096-8644(200009)113:1<19::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-X
DO - 10.1002/1096-8644(200009)113:1<19::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 10954617
AN - SCOPUS:0033838985
VL - 113
SP - 19
EP - 29
JO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
JF - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
SN - 0002-9483
IS - 1
ER -