Article
Network analyses of Y-chromosomal types in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia reveal specific patterns of geographic distribution.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1998
Malaspina P, Cruciani F, Ciminelli B M, Terrenato L, Santolamazza P, Alonso A, Banyko J, Brdicka R, García O, Gaudiano C, Guanti G, Kidd K K, Lavinha J, Avila M, Mandich P, Moral P, Qamar R, Mehdi S Q, Ragusa A, Stefanescu G, Caraghin M, Tyler-Smith C, Scozzari R, Novelletto A
Abstract excerpt
In a study of 908 males from Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, the variation of four Y-linked dinucleotide microsatellites was analyzed within three "frames" that are defined by mutations that are nonrecurrent, or nearly so. The rapid generation and extinction of new dinucleotide length...
Topics
- Africa, Northern
- Asia, Western
- Dinucleotide Repeats
- Europe
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male