✦ LIBER ✦
Direct screening of a mitochondrial DNA deletion valuable for Amerindian evolutionary research
✍ Scribed by Maria Santos; Ramiro Barrantes
- Book ID
- 104661237
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 266 KB
- Volume
- 93
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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✦ Synopsis
A rapid, simple restriction isotyping method is described for the direct screening of a previously characterized Amerindian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) marker consisting of a 6-bp "Huetar" deletion. In a sample of 31 maternally non-related Chibchan Amerindian Bribri from Costa Rica, this deletion was present in 74%, arguing for the usefulness of this private polymorphism for Amerindian taxonomic research.