mtDNA

A new decade of Genetic Genealogy: saturated growth and other concerns

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In the last twenty years we have seen the rise of genetics as a tool for genealogists. First companies like FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA), Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) and Ancestry made it possible for private customers to buy DTC kits and initially get very low-res results for Y-DNA and mtDNA. The buildup of the matching databases […]

35 ‘Austrian’ GenBank mtDNA sequences

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Ian Logan has posted a very interesting information for Alpine DNA research in the genealogy-dna@rootsweb.com list: A set of 35 ‘Austrian’ mtDNA sequecnes has appeared on GenBank. They are to accompany a paper (unpublished as yet) by: Kloss-Brandstaetter,A., Schaefer,G., Erhart,G., Stoeckl,A., Weissensteiner,H., Forer,L., Schoenherr,S., Pacher,D., Seifarth,C., Sottsas,I., Klocker,H., Pallua,J.D., Kronenberg,F. and Kloss,F.R. “Mutations in the […]