Re: Mitochondrial DNA Portrait of Latvians: Towards the Understandi

From: Daniel J. Milton
Message: 44860
Date: 2006-06-02

From an abstract quoted on cybalist@yahoogroups.com by
"mkelkar2003" <swatimkelkar@...>

"the results of our mtDNA analysis show that the previously described
sharp difference between the Y-chromosomal hg N3 distribution in the
paternally inherited gene pool of Baltic-speaking populations and of
other European Indo-European speakers does not have a corresponding
maternal counterpart".

Looks like "mother tongue" may not be as simple a descriptor as
we've always carelessly assumed.
Dan