▪ Abstract In this review we discuss the recent construction of a highly resolved tree of the
nonrecombining portion of the Y chromosome (NRY), and the development of a cladistic …

Several studies showed that surnames are good markers to infer patrilineal genetic
structures of populations, both on regional and microregional scales. As a case study, the …

Y chromosomal polymorphisms were studied in 502 males from 16 Eurasian ethnic groups
including the Finns, Saami (Inari Lake area and Skolt Saami), Karelians, Mari, Mokshas …

Abstract The European Consortium “High‐throughput analysis of single nucleotide
polymorphisms for the forensic identification of persons–SNPforID”, has performed a …

The nonrecombining portion of the human Y chromosome has proven to be a valuable tool
for the study of population history. The maintenance of extended haplotypes characteristic of …

Repeated pairs (RP) of surnames of married couples reflect the genetic structure of the
population. The number of pairs of husband and wife that match the same two surnames in …

The male specificity of the human Y chromosome makes it potentially useful in forensic
studies and paternity testing, and markers are now available which will allow its usefulness …

To investigate the origins and relationships of Australian and Melanesian populations, 611
males from 18 populations from Australia, Melanesia, and eastern/southeastern Asia were …

Recently we reported the discovery of a major Y chromosome founder haplotype in
Amerindians from South and Central America (Pena et al. 1995). We haplotyped Y …

We have analyzed the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA from each of nine
geographically separated Jewish groups, eight non-Jewish host populations, and an Israeli …