Diversity of the human Y chromosome of South American Amerindians: a comparison with blacks, whites, and Japanese from Brazil.

doi:10.1046/j.1469-1809.1997.6150439.x

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Diversity of the human Y chromosome of South American Amerindians: a comparison with blacks, whites, and Japanese from Brazil.

Annals of human genetics - 1 Sept 1997

Rodriguez-Delfin L, Santos S E, Zago M A

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We defined the Y-chromosome haplotypes on the basis of six polymorphic sites: an Alu-element insertion (YAP), a single-base change (C-->T at DYS199), one trinucleotide repeat (DYS392) and three tetranucleotide repeats (DYS393, DYS390 and DYS19). Among 140 Y chromosomes from Whites, Blacks, Japane...

Topics

Alleles
Asian People
Black People
Brazil
Europe
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population
Haplotypes
Humans
Indians, South American
Japan
Male
Racial Groups
Sequence Analysis, DNA
White People
Y Chromosome

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