We are entering an era of ubiquitous genetic information for research, clinical care and
personal curiosity. Sharing these data sets is vital for progress in biomedical research …

The properties of the human Y chromosome–namely, male specificity, haploidy and escape
from crossing over—make it an unusual component of the genome, and have led to its …

Sharing sequencing data sets without identifiers has become a common practice in
genomics. Here, we report that surnames can be recovered from personal genomes by …

Family trees have vast applications in fields as diverse as genetics, anthropology, and
economics. However, the collection of extended family trees is tedious and usually relies on …

Human Evolutionary Genetics is a groundbreaking text which for the first time brings
together molecular genetics and genomics to the study of the origins and movements of …

Nonrecombining Y-chromosomal microsatellites (Y-STRs) are widely used to infer
population histories, discover genealogical relationships, and identify males for criminal …

In 2012, a skeleton was excavated at the presumed site of the Grey Friars friary in Leicester,
the last-known resting place of King Richard III. Archaeological, osteological and …

Background A sexual dimorphism exists in the incidence and prevalence of coronary artery
disease—men are more commonly affected than are age-matched women. We explored the …

We analyzed 40 single nucleotide polymorphism and 19 short tandem repeat Y-
chromosomal markers in a large sample of 1,525 indigenous individuals from 14 …

During the last few decades, a wealth of studies dedicated to the human Y chromosome and
its DNA variation, in particular Y‐chromosome single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (Y‐SNP s) …