简介:MtDNAwassuccessfullyextractedfromtenindividualbones(femurs)inthetombsofancientJushiinTurfanbasin,datedbacktotheyearabout3000-2500yearsago.Bymeansoffouroverlappingprimers,wegotnucleotidesequenceofthe218bplength.AncientmtDNAwasanalyzedbythesequencingofhypervariableregionⅠofthemtDNAcontrolregion.Theresultshowsthat9haplotypeswith24polymorphicsiteswereobtained.ThephylogeneticanalysisindicatedthatMongoliansandAltaiarethepopulationgeneticallyclosesttotheJushigroupsandJushimtDNApoolbeinganadmixtureofeasternAsianandEuropeanlineages.SoourpreliminarydataimplythatanancientminglingofEuro-AsianpopulationhadexistedinTurfanbasinpriortotheearlyIronAge.