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Signatures of human European Palaeolithic expansion shown by resequencing of non-recombining X-chromosome segments.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Apr 2017
Maisano Delser Pierpaolo, Neumann Rita, Ballereau Stéphane, Hallast Pille, Batini Chiara, Zadik Daniel, Jobling Mark A
Abstract excerpt
Human genetic diversity in Europe has been extensively studied using uniparentally inherited sequences (mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the Y chromosome), which reveal very different patterns indicating sex-specific demographic histories. The X chromosome, haploid in males and inherited twice as often from mothers as from fathers, could provide insights into past female behaviours, but has not been extensively...
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