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Peopling of the North Circumpolar Region--insights from Y chromosome STR and SNP typing of Greenlanders.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Olofsson Jill Katharina, Pereira Vania, Børsting Claus, Morling Niels
Abstract excerpt
The human population in Greenland is characterized by migration events of Paleo- and Neo-Eskimos, as well as admixture with Europeans. In this study, the Y-chromosomal variation in male Greenlanders was investigated in detail by typing 73 Y-chromosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (Y-SNPs) and 17 Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs). Approximately 40% of the analyzed Greenlandic Y chromosomes were of...
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