Article
Independent histories of human Y chromosomes from Melanesia and Australia.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2001
Kayser M, Brauer S, Weiss G, Schiefenhövel W, Underhill P A, Stoneking M
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the origins and relationships of Australian and Melanesian populations, 611 males from 18 populations from Australia, Melanesia, and eastern/southeastern Asia were typed for eight single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci and seven short tandem-repeat loci on the Y chromosome. A unique haplotype, DYS390.1del/RPS4Y711T, was found at a frequency of 53%-69% in Australian populations, whereas the major...
Topics
- Asia, Southeastern
- Australia
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Emigration and Immigration
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Melanesia
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Models, Genetic