Article
Y chromosome polymorphisms in medicine.
Annals of medicine - 1 Jan 2004
Krausz Csilla, Quintana-Murci Lluis, Forti Gianni
Abstract excerpt
Ninety-five percent of the length of the human Y chromosome is inherited as a single block in linkage from father to male offspring as a haploid entity. Thus, the Y chromosome represents an invaluable record of all mutations that have occurred along male lineages throughout evolution. For this reason, Y chromosomal DNA variation has been mainly used for investigations on human evolution and for forensic purposes...
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