Helle-Viivi Tolk

TL;DR: The phylogenetic backbone of the East Asian mtDNA tree is determined by using published complete mtDNA sequences and assessing both coding and control region variation in 69 Han individuals from southern China, confirming that the East Asia mtDNA pool is locally region-specific and completely covered by the two superhaplogroups M and N.

TL;DR: Results show that Indian tribal and caste populations derive largely from the same genetic heritage of Pleistocene southern and western Asians and have received limited gene flow from external regions since the Holocene.

TL;DR: The mtDNA haplogroup composition of the French does not differ significantly from the surrounding European genetic landscape, and at a finer grain, microgeographical differentiation can be revealed, as shown for the French Basque country and for Brittany.

TL;DR: The results suggest that there was no reproductive isolation between the two geographically proximate, yet culturally distinct populations living in Italy and that the Croatian-speaking minority of Molise does not represent a reproductively isolated entity.

TL;DR: The first published phylogenetic analysis of haplogroup F worldwide is presented, applying the median network method, suggesting several scenarios how this maternal lineage may have been added to the Croatian mtDNA pool.