Asset Details
Do you wish to reserve the book?
Rare Haplotypes in mtDNA: Applications in the Analysis of Biosocial Aspects of Past Human Populations
Hey, we have placed the reservation for you!
By the way, why not check out events that you can attend while you pick your title.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place the reservation. Kindly try again later.
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
Rare Haplotypes in mtDNA: Applications in the Analysis of Biosocial Aspects of Past Human Populations
Do you wish to request the book?
Rare Haplotypes in mtDNA: Applications in the Analysis of Biosocial Aspects of Past Human Populations
Please be aware that the book you have requested cannot be checked out. If you would like to checkout this book, you can reserve another copy
We have requested the book for you!
Your request is successful and it will be processed during the Library working hours. Please check the status of your request in My Requests.
Oops! Something went wrong.
Looks like we were not able to place your request. Kindly try again later.
Journal Article
Rare Haplotypes in mtDNA: Applications in the Analysis of Biosocial Aspects of Past Human Populations
2005
Overview
We report on the use of rare mutations to tackle biosocial questions such as kinship and differential burial practices from past human populations.To do this, we have inferred nucleotide position 73 of HVS-II in individuals classified as belonging to haplogroup H from 76 human dental samples from the necropolis of Aldaieta (Basque Country, Spain, 6th-7th century) by means of PCR and restriction enzyme tests. The same analysis has been performed for 146 extant individuals from the northern Iberian peninsula. A combination of haplotype H and 73G in HVS-II, rare in extant populations (0.5-3%), has been found at a frequency of 20% in the ancient population of Aldaieta. These data can be explained in terms of the existence of different burial practices associated with a variety of factors, mainly social status and kinship. This hypothesis is also supported by archeological data.These results indicate that caution should be taken when making phylogenetic inferences from extinct populations, because an uncharacterized kinship can significantly bias alíele frequencies.
