Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA profiles have been used as evidence in courts for
decades, yet the problem of evaluating the weight of evidence has not been adequately …

The Mongolian people, one of the Mongolic-speaking populations, are native to the
Mongolian Plateau in North China and southern Siberia. Many ancient DNA studies recently …

Humans expanded out of Africa 50,000-70,000 years ago, but many details of this migration
are poorly understood. Here, Haber et al. sequence Y chromosomes belonging to a rare …

Y-chromosomal haplogroups determined by Y-chromosomal single nucleotide
polymorphisms (Y-SNPs) allow paternal lineage identification and paternal biogeographic …

Paternity testing using genetic markers has shown that extra-pair paternity (EPP) is common
in many pair-bonded species [1, 2]. Evolutionary theory and empirical data show that extra …

Human Y chromosome haplogroup J1-M267 is a common male lineage in West Asia. One
high-frequency region—encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, southern Mesopotamia, and …

Abstract Knowledge of Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat (Y-STR) mutation rates is
essential to determine the most recent common ancestor (MRCA) in familial searching or …

The Zhuang are the largest minority group in China and the aboriginal people of the
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Over thousands of years, the gene pool of the …

The Y-chromosome is a widely studied and useful small part of the genome providing
different applications for interdisciplinary research. In many (Western) societies, the Y …

Uniparental genetic systems are unique sex indicators and complement the study of
autosomal diversity by providing landmarks of human migrations that repeatedly shaped the …