| Links to articles on 
      European genetics The Balkans
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 “The evidence 
      of mtDNA haplogroup F in a European population and its ethnohistoric 
      implications” (Tolk et al. 2001)
 
      
      “Mitochondrial 
      DNA Variability in Bosnians and Slovenes” (Malyarchuk et al. 2003) 
      
      “The Peopling of Modern 
      Bosnia-Hercegovina: Y-Chromosome Haplogroups in the Three Main Ethnic 
      Groups” (Marjanovic 2005) 
      
      “Review of Croatian 
      Genetic Heritage as Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosomal 
      Lineages” (Pericic et al. 2005)  
      
      “Y 
      chromosomal heritage of Croatian population and its island isolates” 
      (Barac et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in three major population groups in 
      Bulgaria” (Zaharova et al. 2001) 
      
      “Y 
      chromosome STRs in Croatians” (Barać et al. 2003) The Baltic Nations 
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      “The Balts 
      and the Finns in historical perspective - a multidisciplinary approach” 
      (Cesnys & Kucinskas 2004)  
      
      
      “Geographical, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences on Genetic Diversity: 
      Y-Chromosomal Distribution in Northern European Populations” (Zerjal et 
      al. 2001) 
      
      
      “The LWb Blood Group as a Marker of Prehistoric Baltic Migrations and 
      Admixture” (Sistonen et al. 1998) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Analysis in the Lithuanian Population” 
      (Kasperavieiute & Kueinskas 2004) 
      
      
      “Transferrin Variants as Markers of Migrations and Admixture between 
      Populations in the Baltic Sea Region” (Beckman et al. 1998) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Lithuanians” (Kasperaviciute 
      et al. 2004) The Basques 
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      “DNA 
      Polymorphisms Detect Ancient Barriers to Gene Flow in Basques” (Iriondo et 
      al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Insights Into the ‘‘Isolation’’ of the Basques: mtDNA Lineages from the 
      Historical Site of Aldaieta (6th–7th Centuries AD)” (Alzualde et al. 2006) 
      
      
      “An mtDNA Analysis in Ancient Basque Populations: Implications for 
      Haplogroup V as a Marker for a Major Paleolithic Expansion from 
      Southwestern Europe” (Izagirre & de la Rúa 1999) 
      “MS205 
      Minisatellite Diversity in Basques: Evidence for a Pre-Neolithic 
      Component” (Alonso & Armour 1998) The British Isles 
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      “Estimating Scandinavian and Gaelic Ancestry in the Male Settlers of 
      Iceland” (Helgason et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Evidence of Admixture from Haplotyping in an Epidemiological Study of UK 
      Caucasian Males: Implications for Association Analyses” (Chen et al. 2003) 
      
      “Genetic 
      evidence for different male and female roles during cultural transitions 
      in the British Isles” (Wilson et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “The mutation spectrum of hyperphenylalaninaemia in the Republic of 
      Ireland: the population history of the Irish revisited” (O'Donnell et al. 
      2002) 
      
      “A Y Chromosome 
      Census of the British Isles” (Capelli et al. 2003) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosome Evidence for Anglo-Saxon Mass Migration” (Weale et al. 2002) 
      
      “A Y-Chromosome Signature 
      of Hegemony in Gaelic Ireland” (Moore et al. 2005) 
      
      “Y-chromosome 
      variation and Irish origins” (Nature 2000) Eastern Europe 
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      “The 49a,f Haplotype 11 is a New Marker of the EU19 Lineage that Traces 
      Migrations from Northern Regions of the Black Sea” (Passarino et al. 2001) 
      
      “Comparison between the 
      Polish population and European populations on the basis of mitochondrial 
      morphs and haplogroups” (Piechota et al. 2004) 
      
      “Gene Pool 
      Structure of Eastern Ukrainians as Inferred from the Y-Chromosome 
      Haplogroups” (Kharkov et al. 2003) 
      
      “High-Resolution 
      Phylogenetic Analysis of Southeastern Europe (SEE) Traces Major Episodes 
      of Paternal Gene Flow Among Slavic Populations” (Peričić 2005) 
      
      
      “Homogeneity and distinctiveness of Polish paternal lineages revealed by Y 
      chromosome microsatellite haplotype analysis” (Ploski et al. 2002) 
      
      “Mitochondrial 
      DNA variability in Poles and Russians” (Malyarchuk et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “The Relatively Higher Frequency of Mutations G551D and CFTRDEL21KB in 
      Cystic Fibrosis Patients from the Czech Republic Objectively Proves the 
      Celtic and Slavic Descent of the Czech Population” (Macek et al. 1999) 
      
      “Y-chromosomal STR 
      haplotype analysis reveals surname-associated strata in the East-German 
      population” (Immel et al. 2006) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in three major population groups in 
      Bulgaria” (Zaharova et al. 2001) Finno-Ugric populations 
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      “Analysis of 16 Y 
      STR loci in the Finnish population reveals a local reduction in the 
      diversity of male lineages” (Hedman et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Archaeogenetics of Finno-Ugric speaking populations” (Villems et al. 
      2002) 
      
      
      “Diversity of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups in Ethnic Populations of the 
      Volga–Ural Region” (Bermisheva et al. 2002) 
      
      “On the 
      phylogeographic context of sex-specific genetic markers of Finno-Ugric 
      populations” (Rootsi et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Paternal 
      and maternal DNA lineages reveal a bottleneck in the founding of the 
      Finnish population” 
      (Sajantila et al. 1996) 
      
      
      “Phylogenetic Network of the mtDNA Haplogroup U in Northern Finland Based 
      on Sequence Analysis of the Complete Coding Region by 
      Conformation-Sensitive Gel Electrophoresis” (Finnilä et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Reconstruction of Maternal lineages of Finno-Ugric speaking people and 
      some remarks on their Paternal inheritance” (Villems et al. 1998)  
      
      “Saami and 
      Berbers—An Unexpected Mitochondrial DNA Link” (Achilli et al. 2005)  
      
      
      “Saami Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Deep Maternal Lineage Clusters” 
      (Delghandi et al. 1998) 
      
      “The 
      Western and Eastern Roots of the Saami—the Story of Genetic “Outliers” 
      Told by Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosomes” (Tambets et al. 2004) 
      
      “Y-Chromosomal SNPs 
      in Finno–Ugric-Speaking Populations Analyzed by Minisequencing on 
      Microarrays” (Raitio et al. 2001) 
      The Gypsies 
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      “Mutation History of the Roma/Gypsies” (Morar et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Origins and Divergence of the Roma (Gypsies)” (Gresham et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Patterns of inter- and intra-group genetic diversity in the Vlax Roma as 
      revealed by Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA lineages” (Kalaydjieva et 
      al. 2001)
 
      
      
      The 
      
      Iberian Peninsula 
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      “Distribution of 
      HLA alleles in Portugal and Cabo Verde. Relationships with the slave trade 
      route” (Spínola et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Diversity of mtDNA lineages in Portugal: not a genetic edge of European 
      variation” (Pereira et al. 2000) 
      (Spanish) 
      
      
      Estudio Genético y Biodemográfico del archipiélago de las Azores 
      (Portugal) (Pereira dos Santos 2005, 
      PhD Thesis) 
      (Spanish)
      
      
      “Genética e historia de las poblaciones del 
      norte de Africa y la península Ibérica” (Bosch et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “High-Resolution Analysis of Human Y-Chromosome Variation Shows a Sharp 
      Discontinuity and Limited Gene Flow between Northwestern Africa and the 
      Iberian Peninsula” (Bosch et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Micro-geographical differentiation in Northern Iberia revealed by 
      Y-chromosomal DNA analysis” (Brion et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial portrait of the Cabo Verde archipelago: the Senegambian 
      outpost of Atlantic slave trade” (Brehm et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Observed R1b Y-DNA Allele Frequencies of Iberian and Non-Iberian Origins” 
      (Tarín 2004) 
      
      “Recent 
      Male-Mediated Gene Flow over a Linguistic Barrier in Iberia, Suggested by 
      Analysis of a Y-Chromosomal DNA Polymorphism” (Hurles et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Reduced genetic structure of the Iberian peninsula revealed by 
      Y-chromosome analysis: implications for population demography” (Flores et 
      al. 2004) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Characterization of Pasiegos, a Human 
      Isolate from Cantabria (Spain)” (Maca-Meyer et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosome lineages in Cabo Verde Islands witness the diverse 
      geographic origin of its first male settlers” (Gonçalves et al. 2003) The 
      
      Mediterranean nations 
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      (Italian)
      “Analisi 
      molecolare delle popolazioni del Mediterraneo attraverso 11 inserzioni 
      Alu” (Calò et al. 2005) 
      
      “Clinal patterns of 
      human Y chromosomal diversity in continental Italy and Greece are 
      dominated by drift and founder effects” (Giacomo et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “The Etruscans: A Population-Genetic Study” (Vernesi et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Geographic homogeneity and non-equilibrium patterns of mtDNA sequences in 
      Tuscany, Italy” (Bertorelle et al. 1996) 
      
      “Geographical 
      structuring in the mtDNA of Italians” (Barbujani et al. 1995) 
      
      
      “HLA genes in Macedonians and the sub-Saharan origin of the Greeks” 
      (Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2002) 
      
      Human 
      Y-Chromosome Variation in the Western Mediterranean Area: Implications for 
      the Peopling of the Region” (Scozzari et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Joining the Pillars of Hercules: mtDNA Sequences Show Multidirectional 
      Gene Flow in the Western Mediterranean” (Plaza et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Peopling of Three Mediterranean Islands (Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily) 
      Inferred by Y-Chromosome Biallelic Variability” (Francalacci et al. 2003) 
      
      “Population 
      Structure in the Mediterranean Basin: A Y Chromosome Perspective” (Capelli 
      et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome-Specific Microsatellite Variation in a Population Sample 
      from Sardinia (Italy)” (Ghiani & Vona 2002) Scandinavia 
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      “Different genetic components in the Norwegian population revealed by the 
      analysis of mtDNA and Y chromosome polymorphisms” (Passarino et al. 2002) 
      
      “Geographical 
      heterogeneity of Y-chromosomal lineages in Norway” (Myhre Dupuy et al. 
      2005) 
      
      
      “Geographical, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences on Genetic Diversity: 
      Y-Chromosomal Distribution in Northern European Populations” (Zerjal et 
      al. 2001) 
      
      
      “High level of male-biased Scandinavian admixture in Greenlandic Inuit 
      shown by Y-chromosomal analysis” (Bosch et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “mtDNA and the Islands of the North Atlantic: Estimating the Proportions 
      of Norse and Gaelic Ancestry” (Helgason et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “mtDNA and the Origin of the Icelanders: Deciphering Signals of Recent 
      Population History” (Helgason et al. 2000) 
      
      “The origin of 
      the isolated population of the Faroe Islands investigated using Y 
      chromosomal markers” (Jørgensen et al. 2004) 
      
      “A 
      Populationwide Coalescent Analysis of Icelandic Matrilineal and 
      Patrilineal Genealogies:
      
      Evidence for a Faster Evolutionary Rate of mtDNA Lineages than Y 
      Chromosomes” (Helgason et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Inuit and Danish population samples” 
      (Bosch et al. 2003) 
      
      Western-central Europe 
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      “Founder mutations among the Dutch” (Zeegers et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial Diversity in Linguistic Isolates of the Alps: A 
      Reappraisal” (Vernesi et al. 2002)
 
      
      
      Europe in general 
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      “The 49a,f Haplotype 11 is a New Marker of the EU19 Lineage that Traces 
      Migrations from Northern Regions of the Black Sea” (Passarino et al. 2002) 
      
      “Africans and 
      Asians Abroad: Genetic Diversity in Europe” (Barbujani & Goldstein 2004) 
      
      
      “Classification of European mtDNAs From an Analysis of Three European 
      Populations” (Torroni et al. 1996) 
      
      
      “Clines of nuclear DNA markers suggest a largely Neolithic ancestry of the 
      European gene pool” (Chikhi et al. 1998) 
      
      “A collaborative 
      study of the EDNAP group regarding Y-chromosome binary polymorphism 
      analysis” (Brion et al. 2004) 
      
      “Complex 
      Signals for Population Expansions in Europe and Beyond” (Tambets et al. 
      2003) 
      
      
      “Deep common ancestry of Indian and western-Eurasian mitochondrial DNA 
      lineages” (Kivisild et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Disuniting Uniformity: A Pied Cladistic Canvas of mtDNA Haplogroup H in 
      Eurasia” (Loogväli et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “The effect of the Neolithic expansion on European molecular diversity” 
      (Currat & Excoffier 2005) 
      
      “The 
      Emerging Tree of West Eurasian mtDNAs: A Synthesis of Control-Region 
      Sequences and RFLPs” (Macaulay et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “The Eurasian Heartland: A continental perspective on Y-chromosome 
      diversity” (Wells et al. 2001) 
      
      “Forensic 
      Applications of Y Chromosome STRs and SNPs” (Hammer & Redd 2000) 
      
      “Frequency 
      Analysis and Allele Map in Favor of the Celtic Origin of the C282Y 
      Mutation of Hemochromatosis” (Lucotte 2001) 
      
      
      “Genetic Diversity Within the R408W Phenylketonuria Mutation Lineages in 
      Europe” (Tighe et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Genetic, geographic, and linguistic distances in Europe” (Sokal 1988) 
      
      “The 
      Genetic Legacy of Paleolithic 
      Homo 
      sapiens sapiens 
      in 
      Extant Europeans: A Y Chromosome Perspective” (Semino et al. 2000) 
      
      “Genetic Structure 
      of Mediterranean Populations Revealed by Y-Chromosome Haplotype Analysis” 
      (Quintana-Murci 2003) 
      
      “Genetics and the 
      population history of Europe” (Barbujani & Bertorelle 2001) 
      
      
      “Geographical, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences on Genetic Diversity: 
      Y-Chromosomal Distribution in Northern European Populations” (Zerjal et 
      al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Geographic Patterns of mtDNA Diversity in Europe” (Simoni et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “High-resolution mtDNA evidence for the late-glacial resettlement of 
      Europe from an Iberian refugium” (Pereira et al. 2005) 
      
      Human 
      Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup J in Europe and Near East 
      (Serk 
       
      2004, 
      M.Sc. Thesis) 
      
      “Ice Ages and 
      the mitochondrial DNA chronology of human dispersals: a review” (Forster 
      2004) 
      
      
      “In Search of Geographical Patterns in European Mitochondrial DNA” 
      (Richards et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Joining the Pillars of Hercules: mtDNA Sequences Show Multidirectional 
      Gene 
      
      Flow in the Western Mediterranean” (Plaza 2003) 
      
      “The
      
      Longue 
      Durée 
      of 
      Genetic Ancestry: Multiple Genetic Marker Systems and Celtic Origins on 
      the Atlantic Facade of Europe” (McEvoy et al. 2004) 
      
      “Mitochondrial 
      DNA Affinities at the Atlantic Fringe of Europe” (González et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Analysis Reveals a Major Late Paleolithic Population Expansion from 
      Southwestern to Northeastern Europe” (Torroni et al. 1998) 
      
      “mtDNA 
      Haplogroups and Frequency Patterns in Europe” (Torroni et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA variation and the origin of the Europeans” (Comas et 
      al. 1997) 
      
      
      “The Molecular Dissection of mtDNA Haplogroup H Confirms That the 
      Franco-Cantabrian Glacial Refuge Was a Major Source for the European Gene 
      Pool” (Achilli et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “The molecular genetics of European ancestry” (Sykes 1999) 
      
      
      “A Nomenclature System for the Tree of Human Y-Chromosomal Binary 
      Haplogroups” (The Y Chromosome Consortium 2002) 
      
      
      “Origin, Diffusion, and Differentiation of Y-Chromosome Haplogroups E and 
      J: Inferences on the Neolithization of Europe and Later Migratory Events 
      in the Mediterranean Area” (Semino et al. 2004) 
      
      The 
      origins of southern and western Eurasian populations: an mtDNA study 
      (Kivisild 2000, PhD) 
      
      
      “The Peopling of Europe from the Maternal and Paternal Perspectives” (Lell 
      & Wallace, 2000) 
      
      
      “Phylogenetic Network for European mtDNA” (Finnilä et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Phylogeography of Y-Chromosome Haplogroup I Reveals Distinct Domains of 
      Prehistoric Gene Flow in Europe” (Rootsi et al. 2004) 
      (Finnish)
      
      “Saamelaisten 
      alkuperä” (Wiik) 
      
      
      “A Signal, from Human mtDNA, of Postglacial Recolonization in Europe” 
      (Torroni et al. 2001) 
      
      Towards 
      the understanding of post-glacial spread of human mitochondrial DNA 
      haplogroups in Europe and beyond: a phylogeographic approach 
      (Tambets 2004, PhD 
      Thesis) 
      
      
      “Tracing European Founder Lineages in the Near Eastern mtDNA Pool” 
      (Richards et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosomal Diversity in Europe Is Clinal and Influenced Primarily by 
      Geography, Rather than by Language” (Rosser et al. 2000) 
      
      “Y chromosomal 
      haplogroup J as a signature of the post-neolithic colonization of Europe” 
      (Giacomo et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome Mismatch Distributions in Europe” (Pereira et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosome Polymorphisms and the Origins of the European Gene Pool” 
      (Casalotti et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Y genetic data support the Neolithic demic diffusion model” (Chikhi et 
      al. 2002) 
      
      “Zones of sharp 
      genetic change in Europe are also linguistic boundaries” (Barbujani & 
      Sokal 1990)
 
 
      Links to articles on 
      extra-European genetics Africa including African Americans 
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 “The African Diaspora: Mitochondrial DNA and the Atlantic Slave Trade” 
      (Salas et al. 2004)
 
      
      
      “African Y Chromosome and mtDNA Divergence Provides Insight into the 
      History of Click Languages” (Mountain et al. 2003);
      Corrected 
      Table 1 
      
      “Alu Insertion 
      Polymorphisms and Human Evolution: Evidence for a Larger Population Size 
      in Africa” (Stoneking et al. 1997) 
      
      “Bantu and 
      European Y-lineages in Sub-Saharan Africa” (Pereira et al. 2002) 
      
      “Binary 
      and Microsatellite Polymorphisms of the Y-Chromosome in the Mbenzele 
      Pygmies From the Central African Republic” (Coia et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Contrasting patterns of Y chromosome and mtDNA variation in Africa: 
      evidence for sex-biased demographic processes” (Wood et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Different Genetic Components in the Ethiopian Population, Identified by 
      mtDNA and Y-Chromosome Polymorphisms” (Passarino 1998) 
      
      (Spanish) 
      
      Diversitat genòmica a les poblacions del nord d'Àfrica (Fusté 2000) 
      
      
      “Do the Four Clades of the mtDNA Haplogroup L2 Evolve at Different Rates?” 
      (Torroni et al. 2001) 
      
      “The Dual Origin of the Malagasy in Island Southeast Asia and East Africa: 
      Evidence from Maternal and Paternal Lineages” (Hurles et al. 2005) 
      
      “Estimating African American Admixture Proportions by Use of 
      Population-Specific Alleles” (Parra et al. 1998) 
      
      
      “Ethiopian Mitochondrial DNA Heritage: Tracking Gene Flow Across and 
      Around the Gate of Tears” (Kivisild et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Ethiopians and Khoisan Share the Deepest Clades of the Human Y-Chromosome 
      Phylogeny” (Semino et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Evolutionary Correlation between Control Region Sequence and Restriction 
      Polymorphisms in the Mitochondrial Genome of a Large Senegalese Mandenka 
      Sample” (Graven et al. 1995) 
      
      “Explanation of the Pattern of P49a,f TaqI RFLP Y-Chromosome Variation in 
      Egypt” (Keita 2005) 
      
      “Extensive Female-Mediated Gene Flow from Sub-Saharan Africa into Near 
      Eastern Arab Populations” (Richards et al. 2003) 
      
      “Genetic Analysis of African Populations: Human Evolution and Complex 
      Disease” (Tishkoff & Williams 2002) 
      
      “Genetic structure in four West African population groups” (Adeyemo et al. 
      2005) 
      
      “Genetics and linguistics in sub-Saharan Africa” (Blench et al. 2004) (Spanish)
      
      “Genética e historia de las 
      poblaciones del norte de Africa y la península Ibérica” (Bosch et al. 
      2003) 
      
      “High-Resolution Analysis of Human Y-Chromosome Variation Shows a Sharp 
      Discontinuity and Limited Gene Flow between Northwestern Africa and the 
      Iberian Peninsula” (Bosch et al. 2001) 
      “History in the 
      Interpretation of the Pattern of p49a,f TaqI RFLP Y-Chromosome Variation 
      in Egypt: A Consideration of Multiple Lines of Evidence” (Keita 2005) 
      “HLA genes in Arabic-speaking 
      Moroccans: close relatedness to Berbers and Iberians” (Gómez-Casado et al. 
      1999) 
      “Islands 
      Inside an Island: Reproductive Isolates on Jerba Island” (Yacoubi 
      Loueslati et al. 2006) 
      
      “Insights into the western Bantu dispersal: mtDNA lineage analysis in 
      Angola” (Plaza et al. 2004) 
      
      “Language, Culture and Genes in Bantu: a Multidisciplinary Approach of the 
      Bantu-speaking Populations of Africa” (Van der Veen et al. 2004) 
      
      “The Making of the African mtDNA Landscape” (Salas et al. 2002) 
      
      “mtDNA Analysis of Nile River Valley Populations: A Genetic Corridor or a 
      Barrier to Migration?” (Krings et al. 1999) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA Genetic Diversity Among Four Ethnic Groups in Sierra 
      Leone” (Jackson et al. 2005) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Haplotypes Reveal Maternal Population Genetic 
      Affinities of Sea Island Gullah-Speaking African Americans” (McLean et al. 
      2005) 
      “MtDNA 
      Profile of West Africa Guineans: Towards a Better Understanding of the 
      Senegambia Region” (Rosa et al. 2004) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African 
      population” (Vigilant et al. 1989) 
      
      “mtDNA Variation in the South African Kung and Khwe—and Their Genetic 
      Relationships to Other African Populations” (Chen et al. 2000) 
      
      “Mitochondrial Footprints of Human Expansions in Africa” (Watson et al. 
      1997) 
      
      “Northwest African distribution of the CD4/Alu microsatellite haplotypes” 
      (Flores et al. 2000) 
      “Phylogenetic Analysis of 
      Major African Genotype (Af2) of JC Virus: Implications for Origin and 
      Dispersals of Modern Africans” (Takasaka et al. 2006) 
      “Phylogeographic 
      Analysis of Haplogroup E3b (E-M215) Y Chromosomes Reveals Multiple 
      Migratory Events Within and Out Of Africa” (Cruciani et al. 2004) 
      
      “The Phylogeography of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup L3g in Africa and the 
      Atlantic Slave Trade” (Bortolini et al. 2004) 
      “Phylogeography of the human mitochondrial haplogroup L3e: a snapshot of 
      African prehistory and Atlantic slave trade” (Bandelt et al. 2001) (French) 
      
      “Relations 
      génétiques des populations de langues tchadiques parmi les populations 
      péri-sahariennes révélées par l’étude des séquences de l’ADN 
      mitochondriale” (Cerny et al. 2004) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosomes Traveling South: The Cohen Modal Haplotype and the Origins of 
      the Lemba—the “Black Jews of Southern Africa”” (Thomas et al. 2000)
       
      The Americas 
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 “Alu Insertions and Ethnic Composition in a Brazilian Population Sample” 
      (Teixeira Mendes-Junior & Simões 2001)
 
      
      “American 
      Indian Demographic History and Cultural Affiliation: A Discussion of 
      Certain Limitations on the Use of mtDNA and Y Chromosome Testing” (Jones 
      2002) 
      
      
      “American Indian mtDNA and Y Chromosome Genetic Data: A Comprehensive 
      Report of their Use in Migration and Other Anthropological Studies” (Jones 
      2004) 
      
      “Analyses of DNA 
      from Ancient Bones of A Pre-Columbian Cuban Woman and a Child” (Lleonart 
      et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “The Ancestry of Brazilian mtDNA Lineages” (Alves-Silva et al. 2000) 
      
      “Ancient 
      Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for Prehistoric Population Movement: The Numic 
      Expansion” (Kaestle & Smith 2001) 
      
      “Autosomal, mtDNA, and 
      Y-Chromosome Diversity in Amerinds: Pre- and Post-Columbian Patterns of 
      Gene Flow in South America” (Mesa et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Brief Communication: Haplogroup X Confirmed in Prehistoric North America” 
      (Malhi & Smith 2002) 
      
      “The 
      Central Siberian Origin for Native American Y Chromosomes” (Santos et sl. 
      1999) 
      
      
      “Characterization of Admixture in an Urban Sample from Buenos Aires, 
      Argentina, Using Uniparentally and Biparentally Inherited Genetic Markers” 
      (Martinez-Marignac et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Color and genomic ancestry in Brazilians” (Parra et al. 2002) 
      
      “Demography, genetic 
      diversity, and population relationships among Argentinean Mapuche Indians” 
      (Goicoechea et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “The Dual Origin and Siberian Affinities of Native American Y Chromosomes” 
      (Lell et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “The Evolution and Genetics of Latin American Populations” (Salzano & 
      Bortolini 2002) 
      
      
      “Extensive mitochondrial diversity within a single Amerindian tribe” (Ward 
      et al. 1991) 
      
      “Gene 
      flow across linguistic boundaries in Native North American populations” 
      (Hunley & Long 2005) 
      
      
      “Genetic Analysis and the Peopling of the New World” (Persons 2004) 
      
      
      “Genetic and linguistic differentiation in the Americas” (Ward et al. 
      1993) 
      
      “Genetic demography of 
      Antioquia (Colombia) and the Central Valley of Costa Rica” 
      (Carvajal-Carmona et al. 2003) 
      
      “The Genetic 
      Structure of a Tribal Population, the Yanomama Indians. XV. Patterns 
      Inferred by Autocorrelation Analysis” (Sokal et al. 1986) 
      
      “Heterogeneity 
      of the Y Chromosome in Afro-Brazilian Populations” (Abe-Sandes 2004) 
      
      
      “High-Resolution SNPs and Microsatellite Haplotypes Point to a Single, 
      Recent Entry of Native American Y Chromosomes into the Americas” (Zegura 
      et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Interethnic variability and admixture in Latin America - social 
      implications” (Salzano 2004) 
      
      “Land, 
      Language, and Loci: mtDNA in Native Americans and the Genetic History of 
      Peru” (Lewis, Jr. et al. 2004) 
      
      “Linguistic 
      diversity of the Americas can be reconciled with a recent colonization” 
      (Nettle 1999) 
      
      
      “Microsatellites provide evidence for Y chromosome diversity among the 
      founders of the New World” (Ruiz-Linares et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Affinities of the Peoples of North-Central Mexico” (Green et al. 
      2000) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA 
      Analysis in Aruba: Strong Maternal Ancestry of Closely Related Amerindians 
      and Implications for the Peopling of Northwestern Venezuela” 
      (Toro-Labrador et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Mongolian Populations and Implications for 
      the Origin of New World Founders” (Kolman 1996) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Analysis of a Prehistoric Oneota Population: Implications for the 
      Peopling of the New World” (Stone & Stoneking 1998) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosome Diversity and the Peopling of the 
      Americas: Evolutionary and Demographic Evidence” (Schurr & Sherry 2004) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA "clock" for the Amerinds and its implications for 
      timing their entry into North America” (Torroni et al. 1994) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Diversity in Chukchi and Siberian Eskimos: Implications for the 
      Genetic History of Ancient Beringia and the Peopling of the New World” 
      (Starikovskaya et al. 1998) 
      
      “MtDNA from 
      extinct Tainos and the peopling of the Caribbean” (Lalueza-Fox et al. 
      2001) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Haplogroup X: An Ancient Link between Europe/Western Asia and North 
      America?” (Brown et al. 1998) 
      
      “Mitochrondial DNA in 
      the Dominican Republic” (Calderón 2002) 
      
      “Mitochondrial 
      DNA Studies of Native Americans: Conceptions and Misconceptions of the 
      Population Prehistory of the Americas” (Eshleman et al. 2003) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA 
      Studies Show Asymmetrical Amerindian Admixture in Afro-Colombian and 
      Mestizo Populations” (Rodas et al. 2003) 
      
      "mtDNA 
      Variation in Native Americans and Siberians and Its Implications for the 
      Peopling of the New World” (from Who Were the First Americans? by 
      Schurr & Wallace 1999) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial Genome Diversity of Native Americans Supports a Single 
      Early Entry of Founder Populations into America” (Silva et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “A Molecular Anthropological Perspective on the Peopling of the Americas” 
      (Schurr 2002) 
      
      “Molecular 
      variability in Amerindians - widespread but uneven information” (Salzano 
      2001) 
      
      “Native 
      American Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Indicates That the Amerind and the 
      Nadene Populations Were Founded by Two Independent Migrations” (Torroni et 
      al. 1992) 
      
      
      “Native American Y Chromosomes in Polynesia: The Genetic Impact of the 
      Polynesian Slave Trade” (Hurles et al. 2003) 
      
      “Nuclear and 
      Mitochondrial Genetic Variation in the Yanomamö: A Test Case for Ancient 
      DNA Studies of Prehistoric Populations” (Williams et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “The Phylogeography of Brazilian Y-Chromosome Lineages” (Carvalho-Silva et 
      al. 2001) 
      
      “A 
      pre-Columbian Y chromosome-specific transition and its implications for 
      human evolutionary history” (Underhill et sl. 1996) 
      
      “Reduced mtDNA 
      Diversity in the Ngöbé Amerinds of Panamá” (Kolman et al. 1995) 
      
      
      “A Revertant of the Major Founder Native American Haplogroup C Common in 
      Populations From Northern South America” (Torres et al. 2006) 
      
      “Strong 
      Amerind/White Sex Bias and a Possible Sephardic Contribution among the 
      Founders of a Population in Northwest Colombia” (Carvajal-Carmona et al. 
      2000) 
      
      “The 
      Structure of Diversity within New World Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups: 
      Implications for the Prehistory of North America” (Malhi et al. 2002) 
      
      “Substantial 
      Native American Female Contribution to the Population of Tacuarembó, 
      Uruguay, Reveals Past Episodes of Sex-Biased Gene Flow” (Bonilla et al. 
      2004) 
      
      “The Use of 
      Mitochondrial DNA to Discover Pre-Columbian Migrations to the Caribbean: 
      Results for Puerto Rico and Expectations for the Dominican Republic” 
      (Cruzado 2002) 
      
      “The uses and 
      limitations of DNA based ancestry tests for Native Americans” (Malhi & 
      Eshleman 2004) 
      
      
      “Unexpected Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Variation Among Native Americans 
      From the Southeastern United States” (Bolnick & Smith 2003) 
      
      
      “Village and Tribal Genetic Distances among American Indians, and the 
      Possible Implications for Human Evolution” (Neel & Ward 1970) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome Evidence for Differing Ancient Demographic Histories in the 
      Americas” (Bortolini et al. 2003) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosome Markers and Trans-Bering Strait Dispersals” (Karafet et al. 
      1997) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosome STR Haplotypes and the Genetic Structure of U.S. Populations of 
      African, European, and Hispanic Ancestry” (Kayser et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Y chromosome STR haplotypes in four populations from northwest Africa” 
      (Bosch et al. 2000) 
      Arctic populations 
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      “Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Diversity in the Aleuts of the Commander 
      Islands and Its Implications for the Genetic History of Beringia” 
      (Derbeneva et al. 2002) 
      
      “Analysis 
      of Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in Yakuts” (Fedorova et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Genetic Structure of the Aleuts and Circumpolar Populations Based on 
      Mitochondrial DNA Sequences: A Synthesis” (Zlojutro et al. 2006) 
      
      
      “High level of male-biased Scandinavian admixture in Greenlandic Inuit 
      shown by Y-chromosomal analysis” (Bosch et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Diversity in Chukchi and Siberian Eskimos: Implications for the 
      Genetic History of Ancient Beringia and the Peopling of the New World” 
      (Starikovskaya et al. 1998) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Variation among Greenland Eskimos: The Edge of the Beringian 
      Expansion” (Saillard et al. 2000) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA 
      Variation and the Origins of the Aleuts” (Rubicz et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Koryaks and Itel’men: Population 
      Replacement in the Okhotsk Sea–Bering Sea Region During the Neolithic” 
      (Schurr et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosomal evidence for a strong reduction in male population size of 
      Yakuts” (Pakendorf et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Inuit and Danish population samples” 
      (Bosch et al. 2003) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosome Markers and Trans-Bering Strait Dispersals” (Karafet et al. 
      1997) 
      Central Asia including Iran and 
      the Caucasus 
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 “Admixture, migrations, and dispersals in Central Asia: evidence from 
      maternal DNA lineages” (Comas et al. 2004)
 
      
      
      “Armenian Y chromosome haplotypes reveal strong regional structure within 
      a single ethno-national group” (Weale et al. 2001) 
      
      “The 
      Central Siberian Origin for Native American Y Chromosomes” (Santos et sl. 
      1999) 
      
      “Concomitant 
      Replacement of Language and mtDNA in South Caspian Populations of Iran” 
      (Nasidze et al. 2006) 
      
      
      “Diversity of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups in Ethnic Populations of the 
      Volga–Ural Region” (Bermisheva et al. 2002) 
      
      “Diversity of 
      mtDNA Lineages in South Siberia” (Derenko et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “The Dual Origin and Siberian Affinities of Native American Y Chromosomes” 
      (Lell et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Genetic Evidence Concerning the Origins of South and North Ossetians” 
      (Nasidze et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “A Genetic Landscape Reshaped by Recent Events: Y-Chromosomal Insights 
      into Central Asia” (Zerjal et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Georgian and Kurd mtDNA Sequence Analysis Shows a Lack of Correlation 
      Between Languages and Female Genetic Lineages” (Comas et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA and Y-Chromosome Variation in the Caucasus” (Nasidze et 
      al. 2004) 
      
      
      “mtDNA Diversity in Chukchi and Siberian Eskimos: Implications for the 
      Genetic History of Ancient Beringia and the Peopling of the New World” 
      (Starikovskaya et al. 1998) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA Evidence for Admixed Origins of Central Siberian 
      Populations” (Pakendorf 2003) 
      
      
      “Molecular Genetic Diversity of Indigenous Siberians: Implications for 
      Ancient DNA Studies of Cis-Baikal Archeological Populations” (Schurr 2004) 
      
      
      “Phylogeographic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in the Nogays: A Strong 
      Mixture of Maternal Lineages from Eastern and Western Eurasia” (Bermisheva 
      2004) 
      
      
      “The Presence of Mitochondrial Haplogroup X in Altaians from South 
      Siberia” (Derenko et al. 2001) 
      
      
      Towards the Understanding of the Origin of Human Genetic Variation in 
      Eurasia: mtDNA Haplogroup H in the Caucasus (Roostalu 2004, M.Sc. 
      Thesis) 
      
      
      “Traces of Early Eurasians in the Mansi of Northwest Siberia Revealed by 
      Mitochondrial DNA Analysis” (Derbeneva et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Trading Genes along the Silk Road: mtDNA Sequences and the Origin of 
      Central Asian Populations” (Comas et al. 1998) 
      
      
      “Unravelling migrations in the steppe: mitochondrial DNA sequences from 
      ancient Central Asians” (Lalueza-Fox et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Where West Meets East: The Complex mtDNA Landscape of the Southwest and 
      Central Asian Corridor” (Quintana-Murci et al. 2004) 
      East Asia 
      [top of page]
 
 “African Origin of Modern Humans in East Asia: A Tale of 12,000 Y 
      Chromosomes” (Ke et al. 2001)
 
      
      
      “Analyses of Genetic Structure of Tibeto-Burman Populations Reveals 
      Sex-Biased Admixture in Southern Tibeto-Burmans” (Wen et al. 2004) 
      
      “Different 
      matrilineal contributions to genetic structure of ethnic groups in the 
      Silk Road region in China” (Yao et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Distribution of Mitochondrial DNA Intergenic COII/tRNALYS 9 bp Deletion 
      in Iranian Populations” (Alemohammad et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “The Emerging Limbs and Twigs of the East Asian mtDNA Tree” (Kivisild et 
      al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Evolution and migration history of the Chinese population inferred from 
      Chinese Y-chromosome evidence” (Deng et al. 2004) 
      
      “Evolution 
      of Pacific/Asian populations inferred from HLA class II allele frequency 
      distributions” (Mack et al. 2000) 
      
      “Extreme 
      mtDNA Homogeneity in Continental Asian Populations” (Oota et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Genetic Evidence for the Proto-Austronesian Homeland in Asia: mtDNA and 
      Nuclear DNA Variation in Taiwanese Aboriginal Tribes” (Melton et al. 1998) 
      
      
      “The Genetic Legacy of the Mongols” (Zerjal et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Genetic Study of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Southeast Asians” (Oota et 
      al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Human migrations in continental East Asia and Taiwan: genetic, linguistic 
      and archaeological evidence” (Blench et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Male demography in East Asia: a north-south contrast in human population 
      expansion times” (Xue et al. 2006) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of Mongolian Populations and Implications for 
      the Origin of New World Founders” (Kolman 1996) 
      
      “Mitochondrial 
      Genome Variation in Eastern Asia and the Peopling of Japan” (Tanaka et al. 
      2004) 
      
      
      “Natives or Immigrants: Modern Human Origin in East Asia” (Jin & Su 2000) 
      
      
      “Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of a 2,000-Year-Old Necropolis in 
      the Egyin Gol Valley of Mongolia” (Keyser-Tracqui et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Phylogenetic Star Contraction Applied to Asian and Papuan mtDNA 
      Evolution” (Forster et al. 2001) 
      
      
      Phylogeny of East Asian Mitochondrial DNA Lineages Inferred from Complete 
      Sequences (Kong et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Phylogeographic Differentiation of Mitochondrial DNA in Han Chinese” (Yao 
      et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Population structure and history in East Asia” (Ding et al. 2000) 
      
      “A 
      Predominantly Indigenous Paternal Heritage for the Austronesian-Speaking 
      Peoples of Insular Southeast Asia and Oceania” (Capelli et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Reconstructing the Evolutionary History of China: A Caveat About 
      Inferences Drawn from Ancient DNA” (Yao et al. 2003) 
      
      “Southeast 
      Asian Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Reveals Genetic Continuity of Ancient 
      Mongoloid Migrations” (Ballinger et al. 1992) 
      
      “A 
      Synopsis of Extant Y Chromosome Diversity in East Asia and Oceania” 
      (Underhill 2004) 
      
      
      “Traces of Archaic Mitochondrial Lineages Persist in Austronesian-Speaking 
      Formosan Populations” (Trejaut et al. 2005) 
      
      “Y-chromosomal 
      DNA haplogroups and their implications for the dual origins of the 
      Koreans” (Jin et al. 2003) 
      
      “Y 
      chromosomal DNA variation in East Asian populations and its potential for 
      inferring the peopling of Korea” (Kim et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome Evidence for a Northward Migration of Modern Humans into 
      Eastern Asia during the Last Ice Age” (Su et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome Evidence of Southern Origin of the East Asian–Specific 
      Haplogroup O3-M122” (Shi et al. 2005) 
      
      “Y 
      chromosome haplotypes reveal prehistorical migrations to the Himalayas” 
      (Su et al. 2000) 
      The Indian Subcontinent 
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 “An 
      Indian Ancestry: a Key for Understanding Human Diversity in Europe and 
      Beyond” (Kivisild et al. 2000)
 
      
      “ApoB 3’HVR 
      Polymorphism a Genetic Variation in Indian Subcontinent” (Khan et al. 
      2003) 
      
      
      “Deciphering diversity in populations of various linguistic and ethnic 
      affiliations of different geographical regions of India: analysis based on 
      15 microsatellite markers” (Kashyap et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Deep common ancestry of Indian and western-Eurasian mitochondrial DNA 
      lineages” (Kivisild et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Demographic History of India and mtDNA-Sequence Diversity” (Mountain et 
      al. 1995) 
      
      
      “Distinctive KIR and HLA diversity in a panel of north Indian Hindus” 
      (Rajalingam 2002) 
      
      “Ethnic India: A 
      Genomic View, With Special Reference to Peopling and Structure” (Basu et 
      al. 2003) 
      
      “Ethnic populations 
      of India as seen from an evolutionary perspective” (Majumder 2001) 
      
      “Female 
      gene flow stratifies Hindu castes” (Bamshad et al. 1998) 
      
      “Fundamental 
      genomic unity of ethnic India is revealed by analysis of mitochondrial 
      DNA” (Roychoudhury et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Gene Flow from the Indian Subcontinent to Australia: Evidence from the Y 
      Chromosome” (Redd et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Genetic Affinity Among Eight Ethnic Populations of West Bengal and 
      Manipur, India: A Study Based on Six Polymorphic Functional Loci (HLADQA1, 
      LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8 and GC)” (Chattopadhyay et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Genetic Evidence on the Origins of Indian Caste Populations” (Bamshad et 
      al. 2001) 
      
      
      “The Genetic Heritage of the Earliest Settlers Persists Both in Indian 
      Tribal and Caste Populations” (Kivisild et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Genetic structure and affinities among tribal populations of southern 
      India: a study of 24 autosomal DNA markers” (Vishwanathan 2003) 
      
      “Genetic 
      Structure and Affinity Among Eight Ethnic Populations of Eastern India: 
      Based on 22 Polymorphic DNA Loci” (Kashyap et al. 2004) 
      
      “Genetic 
      variation of ApoB 3' hypervariable region polymorphism among Brahmins of 
      North India” (Khan et al. 2004) 
      
      “The 
      Genetics of Language and Farming Spread in India” (Kivisild et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “High-resolution analysis of Y-chromosomal polymorphisms reveals 
      signatures of population movements from Central Asia and West Asia into 
      India” (Mukherjee et al. 2001) 
      
      “High-Resolution mtDNA Studies 
      of the Indian Population: Implications for Palaeolithic Settlement of the 
      Indian Subcontinent” (Barnabas et al. 2005) 
      
      
      Human Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup R in India: Dissecting the 
      Phylogenetic Tree of South Asian-Specific Lineages (Karmin 2005, M.Sc. 
      Thesis) 
      
      
      “Independent Origins of Indian Caste and Tribal Paternal Lineages” 
      (Cordeaux et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals diverse histories of tribal 
      populations from India” (Cordeaux et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA diversity among five tribal populations of southern 
      India” (Edwin et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Molecular insight into the genesis of ranked caste populations of western 
      India based upon polymorphisms across nonrecombinant and recombinant 
      regions in genome” (Gaikwad & Kashyap) 
      
      “Most of 
      the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped 
      during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans” 
      (Metspalu et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Multiple Origins of the mtDNA 9-bp Deletion in Populations of South 
      India” (Watkins et al. 1999) 
      
      “Negligible Male 
      Gene Flow Across Ethnic Boundaries in India, Revealed by Analysis of 
      Y-Chromosomal DNA Polymorphisms” (Bhattacharyya et al. 1999) 
      
      “The 
      Northeast Indian Passageway: A Barrier or Corridor for Human Migrations?” 
      (Cordeaux et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Phylogeny and antiquity of M macrohaplogroup inferred from complete mt 
      DNA sequence of Indian specific lineages” (Rajkumar et al. 2005) 
      
      “Phylogeny of 
      Mitochondrial DNA Macrohaplogroup N in India, Based on Complete 
      Sequencing: Implications for the Peopling of South Asia” (Palanichamy 
      2004) 
      
      “The 
      Place of the Indian mtDNA Variants in the Global Network of Maternal 
      Lineages and the Peopling of the Old World” (Kivisild et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Polarity and Temporality of High-Resolution Y-Chromosome Distributions in 
      India Identify Both Indigenous and Exogenous Expansions and Reveal Minor 
      Genetic Influence of Central Asian Pastoralists” (Sengupta et al. 2006) 
      
      “A 
      prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: Evaluating demic diffusion scenarios” 
      (Sanghamitra Sahoo et al. 2006) 
      
      
      “Status of Austro-Asiatic groups in the peopling of India: An exploratory 
      study based on the available prehistoric, linguistic and biological 
      evidences” (Kumar & Reddy 2003) 
      
      
      “Tracking the genetic imprints of lost Jewish tribes among the gene pool 
      of Kuki-Chin-Mizo population of India” (Maity et al. 2004) 
      
      “YAP, signature 
      of an African–Middle Eastern migration into northern India” (Agrawal et 
      al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosomal DNA Variation in Pakistan” (Qamar et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome Lineages Trace Diffusion of People and Languages in 
      Southwestern Asia” (Quintana-Murci et al. 2001) 
      The Middle East including Turkey 
      and the Jewish diaspora 
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 “Black Jews of South Africa - biological and cultural constructions of 
      identity” (2002)
 
      
      
      “Contrasting patterns of Y chromosome variation in Ashkenazi Jewish and 
      host non-Jewish European populations” (Behar et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Distinctive genetic signatures in the Libyan Jews” (Rosenberg et al. 
      2000) 
      
      
      “DNA Diversity and Population Admixture in Anatolia” (Benedetto 2001) 
      
      
      “Excavating Y-chromosome haplotype strata in Anatolia” (Cinnioğlu et al. 
      2003) 
      
      
      “Extensive Female-Mediated Gene Flow from Sub-Saharan Africa into Near 
      Eastern Arab Populations” (Richards et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Founding Mothers of Jewish Communities: Geographically Separated Jewish 
      Groups Were Independently Founded by Very Few Female Ancestors” (Thomas et 
      al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Genetic Evidence for the Expansion of Arabian Tribes into the Southern 
      Levant and North Africa” (Nebel et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “High-resolution Y chromosome haplotypes of Israeli and Palestinian Arabs 
      reveal geographic substructure and substantial overlap with haplotypes of 
      Jews” (Nebel et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Investigation of the mitochondrial haplogroups M, BM, N, J, K and their 
      frequencies in five regions in Iran” (Houshmand et al. 2004) 
      
      “Jewish and 
      Middle Eastern non-Jewish populations share a common pool of Y-chromosome 
      biallelic haplotypes” (Hammer et al. 2000) 
      
      “The 
      Matrilineal Ancestry of Ashkenazi Jewry: Portrait of a Recent Founder 
      Event” (Behar et al. 2005) 
      
      “MtDNA and 
      Y-chromosome Variation in Kurdish Groups” (Nasidze et al. 2005) 
      
      “MtDNA 
      evidence for a genetic bottleneck in the early history of the Ashkenazi 
      Jewish population” (Behar et al. 2004) 
      
      “A Mosaic of People - 
      The Jewish Story & a Reassessment of the DNA Evidence” (Levy-Coffman 2005) 
      
      “Multiple 
      Origins of Ashkenazi Levites: Y Chromosome Evidence for Both Near Eastern 
      and European Ancestries” (Behar et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “The Origin of Palestinians and Their Genetic Relatedness With Other 
      Mediterranean Populations” (Arnaiz-Villena et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Reconstruction of Patrilineages and Matrilineages of Samaritans and Other 
      Israeli Populations From Y-Chromosome and Mitochondrial DNA Sequence 
      Variation” (Shen et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Swimming in the Gene Pool: Israelite Kinship Relations, Genes, and 
      Genealogy” (Roper 2003) 
      
      “Testing 
      hypotheses of language replacement in the Caucasus: evidence from the 
      Y-chromosome” (Nasidze et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Tracking the genetic imprints of lost Jewish tribes among the gene pool 
      of Kuki-Chin-Mizo population of India” (Maity et al. 2004) 
      
      “The 
      Trans-Caucasus & the Expansion of the Caucasoid-Specific Human 
      Mitochondrial DNA” (Metspalu et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Y-chromosome and mtDNA polymorphisms in Iraq, a crossroad of the early 
      human dispersal and of post-Neolithic migrations” (Al-Zahery et al. 2002) 
      
      “Y 
      chromosome evidence for a founder effect in Ashkenazi Jews” (Nebel et al. 
      2005) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome Haplotypes in Azoospermic Israeli Men” (Carvalho et al. 
      2003) 
      
      
      “The Y Chromosome 
      Pool of Jews as Part of the Genetic Landscape of the Middle East” (Nebel 
      et al. 2001) 
      
      “Y 
      Chromosomes Traveling South: The Cohen Modal Haplotype and the Origins of 
      the Lemba—the “Black Jews of Southern Africa”” (Thomas et al. 2000) 
      Oceania including Australia 
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      “Ancient 
      mitochondrial M haplogroups identified in the Southwest Pacific” 
      (Merriwether et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Balinese Y-Chromosome Perspective on the Peopling of Indonesia: Genetic 
      Contributions from Pre-Neolithic Hunter-Gatherers, Austronesian Farmers, 
      and Indian Traders” (Karafet et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Comment on: Bing Su et al. “Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y 
      chromosome,” PNAS 97.15:8225-8228 (July 18, 2000)” (Reid 2001) 
      
      
      “The Dual Origin of the Malagasy in Island Southeast Asia and East Africa: 
      Evidence from Maternal and Paternal Lineages” (Hurles et al. 2005) 
      
      “Evidence for mitochondrial 
      DNA recombination in a human population of island Melanesia” (Hagelberg et 
      al. 1999);
      
      Correction 
      
      “Evolution 
      of Pacific/Asian populations inferred from HLA class II allele frequency 
      distributions” (Mack et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Expanding Southwest Pacific Mitochondrial Haplogroups P and Q” 
      (Friedlaender et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Gene Flow from the Indian Subcontinent to Australia: Evidence from the Y 
      Chromosome” (Redd et al. 2002) 
      
      “Genetic 
      Affinities of the Andaman Islanders, a Vanishing Human Population” 
      (Thangaraj et al. 2002) 
      
      “The Genetic 
      Origins of the Andaman Islanders” (Endicott et al. 2003) 
      
      
      Genetic Patterning at Austronesian Contact Zones (Cox 2003) 
      
      
      “Independent Histories of Human Y Chromosomes from Melanesia and 
      Australia” (Kayser et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Indonesian Mitochondrial DNA and Its Opposition to a Pleistocene Era 
      Origin of Proto-Polynesians in Island Southeast Asia” (Cox 2005) 
      
      
      “Maori Origins, Y-Chromosome Haplotypes and Implications for Human History 
      in the Pacific” (Underhill et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Matrilineality and the Melanesian Origin of Polynesian Y Chromosomes” 
      (Hage & Marck 2003) 
      
      
      “Melanesian origin of Polynesian Y chromosomes” (Kayser et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genetic Relationships among Pacific Island and 
      Asian Populations” (Lum et al. 1998) 
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA 
      sequences in ancient Australians: Implications for modern human origins” 
      (Adcock 2000);
      
      Correction 
      
      “Mitochondrial 
      Genome Variation and Evolutionary History of Australian and New Guinean 
      Aborigines” (Ingman & Gyllensteen 2003) 
      
      
      “Molecular genetic evidence for the human settlement of the Pacific: 
      analysis of mitochondrial DNA, Y chromosome and HLA markers” (Hagelberg et 
      al. 1000) 
      
      
      “Molecular Relatedness of The Aboriginal Groups of Andaman and Nicobar 
      Islands with Similar Ethnic Populations” (Kashyap 2003) 
      
      
      “Native American Y Chromosomes in Polynesia: The Genetic Impact of the 
      Polynesian Slave Trade” (Hurles et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Origins and dispersals of Pacific peoples: Evidence from mtDNA 
      phylogenies of the Pacific rat” (Matisoo-Smith & Robbins 2004) 
      
      
      “Peopling of Sahul: mtDNA variation in aboriginal Australian and Papua New 
      Guinean populations” (Redd & Stoneking) 
      
      “The 
      Peopling of the Pacific” (Gibbons 2001) 
      
      
      “Phylogenetic Star Contraction Applied to Asian and Papuan mtDNA 
      Evolution” (Forster et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Polynesian origins: Insights from the Y chromosome” (Su et al. 2000) 
      
      “A 
      Predominantly Indigenous Paternal Heritage for the Austronesian-Speaking 
      Peoples of Insular Southeast Asia and Oceania” (Capelli et al. 2001) 
      
      “Reduced 
      Y-Chromosome, but Not Mitochondrial DNA, Diversity in Human Populations 
      from West New Guinea” (Kayser et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “South Asia, the Andamanese, and the Genetic Evidence for an “Early” Human 
      Dispersal out of Africa” (Cordeaux & Stoneking 2003) 
      
      “A 
      Synopsis of Extant Y Chromosome Diversity in East Asia and Oceania” 
      (Underhill 2004) 
      
      
      “Traces of Archaic Mitochondrial Lineages Persist in Austronesian-Speaking 
      Formosan Populations” (Trejaut et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Untangling Oceanic settlement: the edge of the knowable” (Hurles et al. 
      2003) 
      
      “Y Chromosomal 
      Evidence for the Origins of Oceanic-Speaking Peoples” (Hurles et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Y-Chromosome Diversity Is Inversely Associated With Language Affiliation 
      in Paired Austronesian- and Papuan-Speaking Communities from Solomon 
      Islands” (Coz & Mirazón Lahr 2006)
 
 
      
      Links to 
      articles on general population genetics 
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      (French) 
      “L’ADN 
      mitochondrial, le chromosome Y et l’histoire des populations humaines” 
      (Quintana-Murci et al. 1999) 
      (Spanish)
      
      Anàlisi de la diversitat del genoma mitochondrial en poblacions humanes 
      (Martínez & Plaza 2004) 
      
      
      “Analysis of Y-chromosome Variation in Modern Populations at the 
      European-Asian Border” (Malaspina et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “The Application of Molecular Genetic Approaches to the Study of Human 
      Evolution” (Cavalli-Sforza & Feldman) 
      
      “Archaic 
      Lineages in the History of Modern Humans” (Labuda et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “A Back Migration from Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa Is Supported by 
      High-Resolution Analysis of Human Y-Chromosome Haplotypes” (Cruciani et 
      al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Branching pattern in the evolutionary tree for human mitochondrial DNA” 
      (Di Rienzo & Wilson 1991) 
      
      
      “Deconstructing the Relationship Between Genetics and Race” (Bamshad et 
      al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Deep common ancestry of Indian and western-Eurasian mitochondrial DNA 
      lineages” (Kivisild et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “Disentangling the Effects of Demography and Selection in Human History” 
      (Stajich & Hahn 2005) 
      
      “Distinguishing 
      human ethnic groups by means of sequences from Helicobacter pylori: 
      Lessons from Ladakh” (Wirth et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “Drift, admixture, and selection in human evolution: A study with DNA 
      polymorphisms” (Bowcock et al. 1991) 
      
      
      “The Effective Mutation Rate at Y Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats, with 
      Application to Human Population-Divergence Time” (Zhivotovsky et al. 2004) 
      (French)
      
      
      Effets des expansions des populations humaines en Europe sur leur 
      diversité génétique (Mathias Currat 2004, Thesis) 
      
      “The 
      Emerging Tree of West Eurasian mtDNAs: A Synthesis of Control-Region 
      Sequences and RFLPs” (Macaulay 1999) 
      
      
      “The Eurasian Heartland: A continental perspective on Y-chromosome 
      diversity” (Wells et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Features of Evolution and Expansion of Modern Humans, Inferred from 
      Genomewide Microsatellite Markers” (Zhivotovsky et al. 2003) 
      
      “The 
      four faces of Eve: hypothesis compatibility and human origins” (Hawks & 
      Wolpoff 2001) 
      
      “Genes, peoples, 
      and languages” (Cavalli-Sforza 1997) 
      
      
      “Genetic Analysis of Lice Supports Direct Contact between Modern and 
      Archaic Humans” (Reed et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Genetic Clues to Dispersal in Human Populations: Retracing the Past from 
      the Present” (Cann 2001) 
      
      
      “Genetic Evidence for Unequal Effective Population Sizes of Human Females 
      and Males” (Wilder et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Genetic evidence of an early exit of Homo sapiens sapiens from Africa 
      through eastern Africa” (Quintana-Murci et al. 1999) 
      
      “Genetic 
      Structure of Human Populations” (Rosenberg et al. 
      2002) 
      
      “Genetic 
      Variation Among World Populations: Inferences From 100 Alu Insertion 
      Polymorphisms” (Watkins et al. 2006) 
      
      
      “Genetics of population isolates” (Arcos-Burgos & Muenke 2002) 
      
      
      “Genomics refutes an exclusively African origin of humans” (Eswaran et al. 
      2005) 
      
      
      “Haplotypes in the Dystrophin DNA Segment Point to a Mosaic Origin of 
      Modern Human Diversity” (Ziętkiewicz et al. 2003) 
      
      The History 
      and Geography of Human Genes (abridged paperback version) 
      (Cavalli-Sforza et al. 1994) 
      
      
      “Human Migrations and Population Structure: What We Know and Why it 
      Matters” (Goldstein & Chikhi 2002) 
      
      “The Human Y Chromosome: An Evolutionary Marker Comes of Age” (Jobling & 
      Tyler-Smith 2003) 
      
      “The Human Y 
      Chromosome Haplogroup Tree: Nomenclature and Phylogeography of Its Major 
      Divisions” (Hammer & Zegura 2002) 
      
      “Ice Ages and 
      the mitochondrial DNA chronology of human dispersals: a review” (Forster 
      2004) 
      
      “Identification of 
      the ancestral haplotype for apolipoprotein B suggests an African origin of 
      Homo sapiens sapiens and traces their subsequent migration to Europe and 
      the Pacific” (Rapacz et al. 1991) 
      
      “Implications 
      of Biogeography for 'Race' and Medicine” (Tishkoff & Kidd) 
      
      
      “Inferring Human History: Clues from Y-Chromosome Haplotypes” (Underhill 
      2004) 
      
      
      “Large-scale SNP analysis reveals clustered and continuous patterns of 
      human genetic variation” (Shriver et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “The Levant versus the Horn of Africa: Evidence for Bidirectional 
      Corridors of Human Migrations” (Luis et al. 2004) 
      
      
      “Major genomic mitochondrial lineages delineate early human expansions” 
      (Maca-Meyer et al. 2001) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA: a tool for populational genetics studies” (Castro et 
      al. 1998) 
      
      
      “Mitochondrial DNA transit between West Asia and North Africa inferred 
      from U6 phylogeography” (Maca-Meyer et al. 2003) 
      
      “Mitochondrial 
      DNA variation in human evolution and disease” (Wallace et al. 1999) 
      
      
      “The Mitochondrial Gene Tree Comes of Age” (Richards & Macaulay 2001) 
      
      
      “Natural selection shaped regional mtDNA variation in humans” (Mishmar et 
      al. 2002) 
      
      “Network 
      Analyses of Y-Chromosomal Types in Europe, Northern Africa, and Western 
      Asia Reveal Specific Patterns of Geographic Distribution” (Malaspina et 
      al. 1998) 
      
      
      “A Nomenclature System for the Tree of Human 
      Y-Chromosomal Binary Haplogroups” (The Y Chromosome Consortium 2002) 
      
      
      “Non-Neutral 
      Sequence Variation in Human Mitochondrial DNA: Selection Against 
      Deleterious Mutations and Haplogroup-Related Polymorphisms” 
      (Moilanen 2003) 
      
      “Origin and 
      Diffusion of mtDNA Haplogroup X” (Reidla et al. 2003) 
      
      The 
      origins of southern and western Eurasian populations: an mtDNA study 
      (Kivisild 2000, PhD Thesis) 
      
      “Out of 
      Africa and Back Again: Nested Cladistic Analysis of Human Y Chromosome 
      Variation” (Hammer et al. 1998) 
      
      
      “Patterns of male-specific inter-population divergence in Europe, West 
      Asia and North Africa” (Malaspina et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “The phylogeography of Y chromosome binary haplotypes and the origins of 
      modern human populations” (Underhill et al. 2001) 
      
      “Proportioning Whole-Genome 
      Single-Nucleotide–Polymorphism Diversity for the Identification of 
      Geographic Population Structure and Genetic Ancestry” (Lao et al. 2005) 
      
      “A Reanalysis of 
      the Origin of Modern Humans Using the Mitochondrial Control Region” (Noll 
      2001) 
      
      
      “Recent African origin of modern humans revealed by complete sequences of 
      hominoid mitochondrial DNAs” (Horai et al. 1995) 
      
      
      “Reconstruction of human evolution: Bringing together genetic, 
      archaeological, and linguistic data” (Cavalli-Sforza et al. 1988) 
      
      
      
      “Recovering the geographic origin of early modern humans by realistic and 
      spatially explicit simulations” (Ray et al. 2005) 
      
      
      “Reduced-Median-Network Analysis of Complete Mitochondrial DNA 
      Coding-Region Sequences for the Major African, Asian, and European 
      Haplogroups” (Herrnstadt et al. 2002) 
      
      
      “Robustness of the inference of human population structure: A comparison 
      of X-chromosomal and autosomal microsatellites” (Ramachandran et al. 2003) 
      
      
      “The Root of the Phylogenetic Tree of Human Populations” (Nei & Takezaki 
      1996) 
      
      “Short 
      Tandem-Repeat Polymorphism/Alu Haplotype Variation at the PLAT Locus: 
      Implications for Modern Human Origins” (Tishkoff et al. 2000) 
      
      
      “Using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers to reconstruct human 
      evolution” (Jorde et al. 1998) 
      
      “Why 
      hunter-gatherer populations do not show signs of Pleistocene demographic 
      expansions” (Excoffier & Schneider 1999) 
      
      
      “X-chromosome as a marker for population history: linkage disequilibrium 
      and haplotype study in Eurasian populations” (Laan et al. 2004) 
      
      “Y 
      chromosome sequence variation and the history of human populations” 
      (Underhill et al. 2000) 
      
      Y 
      Haplogroups of the World (map) 
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