Distinctive Paleo-Indian Migration Routes from Beringia Marked by Two Rare mtDNA Haplogroups

@article{Perego2009DistinctivePM,
  title={Distinctive Paleo-Indian Migration Routes from Beringia Marked by Two Rare mtDNA Haplogroups},
  author={Ugo A Perego and Alessandro Achilli and Norman Angerhofer and Matteo Accetturo and Maria Pala and Anna Olivieri and Baharak Hooshiar Kashani and Kathleen H. Ritchie and Rosaria Scozzari and Qing-Peng Kong and Natalie M. Myres and Antonio Salas and Ornella Semino and Hans-J{\"u}rgen Bandelt and Scott R. Woodward and Antonio Torroni},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2009},
  volume={19},
  pages={1-8}
}
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