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Recurrent simple tandem repeat mutations during human Y-chromosome radiation in Caucasian subpopulations.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Dec 1995
Ciminelli B M, Pompei F, Malaspina P, Hammer M, Persichetti F, Pignatti P F, Palena A, Anagnou N, Guanti G, Jodice C
Abstract excerpt
The haplotypes at four polymorphic loci of the Y chromosome were determined in 245 Caucasian males from 12 subpopulations. The data show that haplotype radiation occurred among Caucasians. Haplotype radiation was accompanied by recurrent mutations at STR loci that caused partial randomization of haplotype structure. The present distribution of alleles at short tandem repeats (STRs) can be explained by a mutation...
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