Rare deep-rooting Y chromosome lineages in humans: lessons for phylogeography

Michael E Weale; Tina Shah; Abigail L Jones; John Greenhalgh; James F Wilson; Pagbajabyn Nymadawa; David Zeitlin; Bruce A Connell; Neil Bradman; Mark G Thomas

Rare deep-rooting Y chromosome lineages in humans: lessons for phylogeography

Michael E Weale, Tina Shah, Abigail L Jones, John Greenhalgh, James F Wilson, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, David Zeitlin, Bruce A Connell, Neil Bradman, Mark G Thomas

Deanery of Clinical Sciences

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There has been considerable debate on the geographic origin of the human Y chromosome Alu polymorphism (YAP). Here we report a new, very rare deep-rooting haplogroup within the YAP clade, together with data on other deep-rooting YAP clades. The new haplogroup, found so far in only five Nigerians, is the least-derived YAP haplogroup according to currently known binary markers. However, because the interior branching order of the Y chromosome genealogical tree remains unknown, it is impossible to impute the origin of the YAP clade with certainty. We discuss the problems presented by rare deep-rooting lineages for Y chromosome phylogeography.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-34
Number of pages	6
Journal	Genetics
Volume	165
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2003

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Rare deep-rooting Y chromosome lineages in humans: lessons for phylogeography

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