The founding mitochondrial DNA lineages
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Soodyall, Himla; Jenkins, Trefor; Mukherjee, Arindam; Du Toit, Ernette; Roberts,
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Genealogical histories show that the inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha are derived from a known number of founders. Using the transmission of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from mother to offspring pairs, we traced the mtDNA types found in 161 extant individuals to five female founders. Although the histor