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Ethiopians and Khoisan share the deepest clades of the human Y-chromosome phylogeny.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Semino Ornella, Santachiara-Benerecetti A Silvana, Falaschi Francesco, Cavalli-Sforza L Luca, Underhill Peter A
Abstract excerpt
The genetic structure of 126 Ethiopian and 139 Senegalese Y chromosomes was investigated by a hierarchical analysis of 30 diagnostic biallelic markers selected from the worldwide Y-chromosome genealogy. The present study reveals that (1) only the Ethiopians share with the Khoisan the deepest human Y-chromosome clades (the African-specific Groups I and II) but with a repertoire of very different haplotypes; (2)...
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