Article
A pre-Columbian Y chromosome-specific transition and its implications for human evolutionary history.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Jan 1996
Underhill P A, Jin L, Zemans R, Oefner P J, Cavalli-Sforza L L
Abstract excerpt
A polymorphic C-->T transition located on the human Y chromosome was found by the systematic comparative sequencing of Y-specific sequence-tagged sites by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography. The results of genotyping representative global indigenous populations indicate that the lo...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- DNA Probes
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Hominidae
- Humans
- Indians, Central American
- Indians, South American
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Y Chromosome