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HUMAN BIOLOGY
Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 17-55Publisher
WAYNE STATE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2001.0008
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admixture; migration; language group; Siouan; Algonquian; Iroquoian; sequence
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The mtDNA haplogroups of 185 individuals from Native American tribes in Northeast North America were determined. A subset of these individuals was analyzed by sequencing hypervariable segments I and II of the control region. The haplogroup frequency distributions of populations in the Northeast exhibit regional continuity that predates European contact. A large amount of gene flow has occurred between Siouan- and Algonquian-speaking groups, probably due to an Algonquian intrusion into the Northeast. The data also support both the Macro-Siouan hypothesis and a relatively recent intrusion of Northern Iroquoians into the Northeast. These conclusions are consistent with archaeological and linguistic evidence.
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