This explains their genetic similarities with the Japanese, including their similarity in human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I (HTLV-1) haplotypes. To determine whether the ancient Andeans ...

Two of the 15 clones of the SP-2 HTLV-I-LTR DNA from mummy bone marrow (SP2-L12-13) had the same sequence as the contemporary Japanese HTLV-I-LTR clones (KAG130) but with one point substitution (G ...