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Geographic clustering of human Y-chromosome haplotypes.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 1996
Ruiz Linares A, Nayar K, Goldstein D B, Hebert J M, Seielstad M T, Underhill P A, Lin A A, Feldman M W, Cavalli Sforza L L
Abstract excerpt
Five polymorphic markers on the Y-chromosome (mostly microsatellites) were typed in 121 individuals from 13 populations around the world. With these markers 78 different haplotypes were detected. Haplotypes present more than once tend to be shared by individuals from the same population or continent. A reconstruction of haplotype phylogeny also indicates significant geographic structure in the data. Based on the...
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