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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
Abstract excerpt
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, Japanese and Amerindians we identified 67 different haplotypes, the majority of them population-specific; only seven...
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