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The dual origin and Siberian affinities of Native American Y chromosomes.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2002
Lell Jeffrey T, Sukernik Rem I, Starikovskaya Yelena B, Su Bing, Jin Li, Schurr Theodore G, Underhill Peter A, Wallace Douglas C
Abstract excerpt
The Y chromosomes of 549 individuals from Siberia and the Americas were analyzed for 12 biallelic markers, which defined 15 haplogroups. The addition of four microsatellite markers increased the number of haplotypes to 111. The major Native American founding lineage, haplogroup M3, accounted for 66% of male Y chromosomes and was defined by the biallelic markers M89, M9, M45, and M3. The founder haplotype also...
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