Genetic analysis of early holocene skeletal remains from Alaska and its implications for the settlement of the Americas

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: Kemp, BM, Malhi, RS, McDonough, J, Bolnick, DA, Eshleman, JA, Rickards, O, Martinez-Labarga, C, Johnson, JR, Lorenz, JG, Dixon, EJ, Fifield, TE, Heaton, TH, Worl, R, Smith, DG
• Other Authors: Kemp, B, Malhi, R, Mcdonough, J, Bolnick, D, Eshleman, J, Johnson, J, Lorenz, J, Dixon, E, Fifield, T, Heaton, T, Smith, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
• Subjects: Ancient DNA; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Phylogenetic dispersion; Y-chromosome; Settore BIO/08 - ANTROPOLOGIA; Settore BIO/18 - GENETICA; Prince of Wales Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2108/34811; https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20543

Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome DNA were analyzed from 10,300-year-old human remains excavated from On Your Knees Cave on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (Site 49-PET-408). This individual's mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) represents the founder haplotype of an additional subhaplogroup of haplogroup D...