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 …

We surveyed nine diallelic polymorphic sites on the Y chromosomes of 1,544 individuals
from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and the New World. Phylogenetic analyses of these nine …

The Finnish population has often been viewed as an isolate founded 2,000 years ago via a
route across the Gulf of Finland. The founding event has been characterized as involving a …

One concern in human genetics research is maintaining the privacy of study participants.
The growth in genealogical registries may contribute to loss of privacy, given that genotypic …

We genotyped 24 biallelic sites and 5 microsatellites from the non‐recombining portion of
the Y chromosome in 652 males from the Canary Islands. The results indicate that, contrary …

We consider a data set of DNA sequence variation at three Y chromosome genes (SMCY,
DBY, and DFFRY) in a worldwide sample of human Y chromosomes. Between 53 and 70 …

We have analyzed five microsatellite loci from the nonrecombining portion of the human Y
chromosome in 15 diverse human populations to evaluate their usefulness in the …

Surnames can be considered as alleles of a locus which are usually transmitted patrilineally.
The great abundance of surnames makes them very useful for evaluating kinship between …

Although molecular genetic evidence continues to accumulate that is consistent with a
recent common African ancestry of modern humans, its ability to illuminate regional histories …

We report the discovery of an African American Y chromosome that carries the ancestral
state of all SNPs that defined the basal portion of the Y chromosome phylogenetic tree. We …