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Male Lineages in Brazil: Intercontinental Admixture and Stratification of the European Background.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Resque Rafael, Gusmão Leonor, Geppert Maria, Roewer Lutz, Palha Teresinha, Alvarez Luis, Ribeiro-dos-Santos Ândrea, Santos Sidney
Abstract excerpt
The non-recombining nature of the Y chromosome and the well-established phylogeny of Y-specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (Y-SNPs) make them useful for defining haplogroups with high geographical specificity; therefore, they are more apt than the Y-STRs to detect population stratification in admixed populations from diverse continental origins. Different Y-SNP typing strategies have been described to...
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