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The role of natural selection in the evolution of mitochondrial haplogroups in Northeastern Eurasia

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The role of natural selection in the evolution of the mitochondrial genome in human populations from Northeastern Eurasia was studied. Selection for the regions-specific haplogroup C was demonstrated.

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  1. Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    N. P. Eltsov, N. V. Volodko, E. B. Starikovskaya, I. O. Mazunin & R. I. Sukernik

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Original Russian Text © N.P. Eltsov, N.V. Volodko, E.B. Starikovskaya, I.O. Mazunin, R.I. Sukernik, 2010, published in Genetika, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 9, pp. 1247–1249.

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Eltsov, N.P., Volodko, N.V., Starikovskaya, E.B. et al. The role of natural selection in the evolution of mitochondrial haplogroups in Northeastern Eurasia. Russ J Genet 46, 1105–1107 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795410090243

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