Evidence for mitochondrial DNA recombination in a human population of island Melanesia: correction

We recently presented evidence of mitochondrial DNA recombination in humans based on the observation of a rare mutation in several unrelated human lineages in Nguna, a small island in Vanuatu, island Melanesia. Since then, the mutation has been shown to be an artefact caused by misalignment of the D...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2000-08, Vol.267 (1452), p.1595-1596
Main Authors: Hagelberg, E., Goldman, N., Lio, P., Whelan, S., Schiefenhovel, W., Clegg, J. B., Bowden, D. K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Genetic mutation
Human Evolution
Human populations
Humans
Melanesia
Mitochondrial DNA
Polynesia
Polynesian studies
Recombination
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Summary:We recently presented evidence of mitochondrial DNA recombination in humans based on the observation of a rare mutation in several unrelated human lineages in Nguna, a small island in Vanuatu, island Melanesia. Since then, the mutation has been shown to be an artefact caused by misalignment of the DNA sequences. Our previous conclusion, that the presence of a rare mutation on different haplotypic backgrounds was a consequence of genetic recombination, is no longer tenable for these data.
ISSN:0962-8452
1471-2954
DOI:10.1098/rspb.2000.1183