The genetic impact of Aztec imperialism: ancient mitochondrial DNA evidence from Xaltocan, Mexico

J Mata‐Míguez, L Overholtzer… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In AD 1428, the city‐states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan formed the Triple
Alliance, laying the foundations of the Aztec empire. Although it is well documented that the …

Molecular variability in Amerindians: widespread but uneven information

FM Salzano - Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2002 - SciELO Brasil
A review was made in relation to the molecular variability present in North, Central, and
South American Indian populations. It involved results from ancient DNA, mitochondrial DNA …

Microevolution in prehistoric Andean populations: chronologic mtDNA variation in the desert valleys of northern Chile

M Moraga, CM Santoro, VG Standen… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Archeological evidence suggests that the iconographic and technological developments that
took place in the highlands around Lake Titicaca in the Central Andean region had an …

Biological relationship between Central and South American Chibchan speaking populations: Evidence from mtDNA

PE Melton, I Briceño, A Gómez… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We examined mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup and haplotype diversity in 188
individuals from three Chibchan (Kogi, Arsario, and Ijka) populations and one Arawak …

Distribution of mitochondrial DNA lineages among Native American tribes of Northeastern North America

RS Malhi, BA Schultz, DG Smith - Human Biology, 2001 - JSTOR
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 …

Substantial native American female contribution to the population of Tacuarembó, Uruguay, reveals past episodes of sex‐biased gene flow

C Bonilla, B Bertoni, S González… - American Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
For many years it has been assumed that the population of Uruguay is almost exclusively
European‐derived and that the biological contribution of the native population as well as of …

Mitochondrial DNA studies of Native Americans: conceptions and misconceptions of the population prehistory of the Americas

JA Eshleman, RS Malhi… - … : Issues, News, and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A decade ago, the first reviews of the collective mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) data from
Native Americans concluded that the Americas were peopled through multiple migrations …

Migration and social structure among the Hopewell: evidence from ancient DNA

DA Bolnick, DG Smith - American Antiquity, 2007 - cambridge.org
For more than a century, archaeologists have studied the cultural and skeletal remains of the
prehistoric Native Americans known as the “Hopewell Moundbuilders.” While many aspects …

Distribution of Y chromosomes among native North Americans: a study of Athapaskan population history

R Singh Malhi, A Gonzalez‐Oliver… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, 231 Y chromosomes from 12 populations were typed for four diagnostic single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to determine haplogroup membership and 43 Y …

Does mitochondrial haplogroup X indicate ancient trans-Atlantic migration to the Americas? A critical re-evaluation

JA Raff, DA Bolnick - PaleoAmerica, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
It might seem strange for an article to focus largely on the history of a single mitochondrial
haplogroup in an era when complete genome sequencing is becoming more common. But …