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In the name of the father: surnames and genetics.

Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Jun 2001

Jobling M A

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Hereditary surnames contain information about relatedness within populations. They have been used as crude indicators of population structure and migration events, and to subdivide samples for epidemiological purposes. In societies that use patrilineal surnames, a surname should correlate with a type of Y chromosome, provided certain assumptions are met. Recent studies involving Y-chromosomal haplotyping and...

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PMID: 11377798
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9525(01)02284-3

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