Article
A Y-associated allele may be characteristic of certain ethnic groups in Asia.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Oct 1992
Nakagome Y, Young S R, Akane A, Numabe H, Jin D K, Yamori Y, Seki S, Tamura T, Nagafuchi S, Shiono H
Abstract excerpt
The probe 47z detects DNA polymorphisms on both the X and Y chromosomes. Blood samples were collected from Korean, Chinese, Jewish, Caucasian and Negro populations and polymorphisms of both loci were compared with findings previously reported in Japanese. Both Y1 and Y2 alleles were detected in Japanese and Koreans. However, only the Y1 allele was detected in each of the other populations. Although, both X1 and...
Topics
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Black People
- China
- Ethnicity
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Japan
- Jews
- Korea
- Male
- Oligonucleotide Probes