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New clues to the evolutionary history of the main European paternal lineage M269: dissection of the Y-SNP S116 in Atlantic Europe and Iberia.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Mar 2016
Valverde Laura, Illescas Maria José, Villaescusa Patricia, Gotor Amparo M, García Ainara, Cardoso Sergio, Algorta Jaime, Catarino Susana, Rouault Karen, Férec Claude, Hardiman Orla, Zarrabeitia Maite, Jiménez Susana, Pinheiro Maria Fátima, Jarreta Begoña M, Olofsson Jill, Morling Niels, de Pancorbo Marian M
Abstract excerpt
The dissection of S116 in more than 1500 individuals from Atlantic Europe and the Iberian Peninsula has provided important clues about the controversial evolutionary history of M269. First, the results do not point to an origin of M269 in the Franco-Cantabrian refuge, owing to the lack of sublineage diversity within M269, which supports the new theories proposing its origin in Eastern Europe. Second, S116 shows...
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