Genetic Structure of First Nation Communities in the Pacific Northwest.
Hum Biol
; 88(4): 251-263, 2016 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-28826319
ABSTRACT
This study presents genetic data for nine Native American populations from northern North America. Analyses of genetic variation focus on the Pacific Northwest (PNW). Using mitochondrial, Y chromosomal, and autosomal DNA variants, we aimed to more closely address the relationships of geography and language with present genetic diversity among the regional PNW Native American populations. Patterns of genetic diversity exhibited by the three genetic systems were consistent with our hypotheses genetic variation was more strongly explained by geographic proximity than by linguistic structure. Our findings were corroborated through a variety on analytic approaches, with the unrooted trees for the three genetic systems consistently separating inland from coastal PNW populations. Furthermore, analyses of molecular variance support the trends exhibited by the unrooted trees, with geographic partitioning of PNW populations (FCT = 19.43%, p = 0.010 ± 0.009) accounting for over twice as much of the observed genetic variation as linguistic partitioning of the same populations (FCT = 9.15%, p = 0.193 ± 0.013). These findings demonstrate a consensus with previous PNW population studies examining the relationships of genome-wide variation, mitochondrial haplogroup frequencies, and skeletal morphology with geography and language.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Phylogeny
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Indians, North American
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Genetics, Population
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Hum Biol
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States