Naslov
The evidence of mtDNA haplogroup F in a European population and its ethnohistoric implications

Autori
Tolk, Helle-Viivi ; Barać, Lovorka ; Peričić, Marijana ; Martinović Klarić, Irena ; Janićijević, Branka ; Campbell, Harry ; Rudan, Igor ; Kivisild, Toomas ; Villems, Richard ; Rudan, Pavao

Izvornik
European Journal of Human Genetics (1018-4813) 9 (2001), 9; 717-723

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
mtDNA; haplogroup F; Europeans; Croatians; isolate populations; phylogenetic analysis

Sažetak
Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism was analysed in a sample of 108 Croatians from the Adriatic Island isolate of Hvar. Besides typically European varieties of human maternal lineages, haplogroup F was found in a considerable frequency (8.3%). This haplogroup is most frequent in southeast Asia but has not been reported before in Europe. The genealogical analysis of haplogroup F cases from Hvar suggested founder effect. Subsequent field work was undertaken to sample and analyse 336 persons from three neighbouring islands (Brac, Korcula and Krk) and 379 more persons from all Croatian mainland counties and to determine if haplogroup F is present in the general population. Only one more case was found in one of the mainland cities, with no known ancestors from Hvar Island. 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.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Etnologija i antropologija

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