Native Americans derive from a small number of Asian founders who likely arrived to the
Americas via Beringia. However, additional details about the intial colonization of the Americas …

The Saami are regarded as extreme genetic outliers among European populations. In this
study, a high-resolution phylogenetic analysis of Saami genetic heritage was undertaken in a …

The Altai region of southern Siberia has played a critical role in the peopling of northern Asia
as an entry point into Siberia and a possible homeland for ancestral Native Americans. It …

A maximum parsimony tree of 21 complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences belonging
to haplogroup X and the survey of the haplogroup-associated polymorphisms in 13,589 …

Background Sakha – an area connecting South and Northeast Siberia – is significant for
understanding the history of peopling of Northeast Eurasia and the Americas. Previous studies …

Melanesian populations are known for their diversity, but it has been hard to grasp the
pattern of the variation or its underlying dynamic. Using 1,223 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) …

Background The genetic origins of Uralic speakers from across a vast territory in the temperate
zone of North Eurasia have remained elusive. Previous studies have shown contrasting …

A 5-week-old infant born at term was diagnosed with acute necrotizing encephalopathy
associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 as evidenced by clinical …

Recently, the observation of a high-frequency private allele, the 9-repeat allele at microsatellite
D9S1120, in all sampled Native American and Western Beringian populations has been …

The linguistically distinctive Haida and Tlingit tribes of Southeast Alaska are known for their
rich material culture, complex social organization, and elaborate ritual practices. However, …