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FTDNA presents an archive of recent scientific research. We welcome suggestions for additional papers.

mtDNA Papers
(listed in the order they were first published)
** - Paper co-authored by one or more scientists members of Family Tree DNA Scientific Advisory Board

Phylogenetic Network of the mtDNA Haplogroup U in Northern Finland Based on Sequence Analysis of the Complete Coding Region by Conformation-Sensitive Gel Electrophoresis (03/2000)

Analysis of European mtDNAs for Recombination (12/2000)

Mitochondrial genome variation and the origin of modern humans (12/2000)

mtDNA and the Islands of the North Atlantic: Estimating the Proportions of Norse and Gaelic Ancestry (02/2001)

Ancient Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for Prehistoric Population Movement: The Numic Expansion (05/2001)

Phylogenetic Network for European mtDNA (05/2001)

Mitochondrial DNA variation and language replacement in the Caucasus (06/2001)

Major genomic mitochondrial lineages delineate early human expansions (08/2001)

Reduced-Median-Network Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial DNA Coding-Region Sequences for the Major African, Asian, and European Haplogroups (04/2002)

Mitochondrial DNA variability in Poles and Russians (07/2002)

The Use of Mitochondrial DNA to Discover Pre-Columbian Migrations to the Caribbean: Results for Puerto Rico and Expectations for the Dominican Republic (2002)

Mitochondrial DNA in the Dominican Republic (2002)

Natural selection shaped regional mtDNA variation in humans (01/2003)

Strikingly higher frequency in centenarians and twins of mtDNA mutation causing remodeling of replication origin in leukocytes (02/2003)

Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals diverse histories of tribal populations from India (03/2003)

Phylogeny of East Asian Mitochondrial DNA Lineages Inferred from Complete Sequences (07/2003)

Single nucleotide polymorphisms over the entire mtDNA genome that increase the power of forensic testing in Caucasians (02/2004)

Mitochondrial Genome Variation in Eastern Asia and the Peopling of Japan (04/2004)

MtDNA evidence for a genetic bottleneck in the early history of the Ashkenazi Jewish population (05/2004)**

Where West Meets East: The Complex mtDNA Landscape of the Southwest and Central Asian Corridor (05/2004)**

Disuniting Uniformity: A Pied Cladistic Canvas of mtDNA Haplogroup H in Eurasia (06/2004)

Phylogeny of Mitochondrial DNA Macrohaplogroup N in India, Based on Complete Sequencing: Implications for the Peopling of South Asia (10/2004)

The Molecular Dissection of mtDNA Haplogroup H Confirms That the Franco-Cantabrian Glacial Refuge Was a Major Source for the European Gene Pool (11/2004)

High-resolution mtDNA evidence for the late-glacial resettlement of Europe from an Iberian refugium (01/2005)**

Saami and Berbers—An Unexpected Mitochondrial DNA Link (03/2005)

The Matrilineal Ancestry of Ashkenazi Jewry: Portrait of a Recent Founder Event (01/2006)**

Comparison of Maternal Lineage and Biogeographic Analyses of Ancient and Modern Hungarian Populations (05/2007)

The Genographic Project Public Participation Mitochondrial DNA Database (06/2007)**

Beringian standstill and spread of Native American founders. (08/2007)

The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity(04/2008)**

Maternal traces of deep common ancestry and asymmetric gene flow between Pygmy hunter? gatherers and Bantu-speaking farmers (05/2008)**

The Druze: A Population Genetic Refugium of the Near East (05/2008)**

Counting the Founders: The Matrilineal Genetic Ancestry of the Jewish Diaspora (05/2008)**

Mitochondrial Population Genomics Supports a Single Pre-Clovis Origin with a Coastal Route for the Peopling of the Americas (05/2008)



Additional papers:

Y-DNA Papers

General Interest and Combined Y-DNA/mtDNA Papers

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