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Demographic estimates from Y chromosome microsatellite polymorphisms: analysis of a worldwide sample.
Human genomics - 1 Aug 2004
Macpherson J Michael, Ramachandran Sohini, Diamond Lisa, Feldman Marcus W
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms in microsatellites on the human Y chromosome have been used to estimate important demographic parameters of human history. We compare two coalescent-based statistical methods that give estimates for a number of demographic parameters using the seven Y chromosome polymorphisms in the HGDP-CEPH Cell Line Panel, a collection of samples from 52 worldwide populations. The estimates for the time to the...
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