Article
The central Siberian origin for native American Y chromosomes.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 1999
Santos F R, Pandya A, Tyler-Smith C, Pena S D, Schanfield M, Leonard W R, Osipova L, Crawford M H, Mitchell R J
Abstract excerpt
Y chromosomal DNA polymorphisms were used to investigate Pleistocene male migrations to the American continent. In a worldwide sample of 306 men, we obtained 32 haplotypes constructed with the variation found in 30 distinct polymorphic sites. The major Y haplotype present in most Native Americans...
Topics
- Genetic Variation
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Indians, North American
- Male
- Siberia
- Y Chromosome