Male Lineages in Brazil: Intercontinental Admixture and Stratification of the European Background.

The non-recombining nature of the Y chromosome and the well-established phylogeny of Y-specific Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (Y-SNPs) make them useful for defining haplogroups with high geographical specificity; therefore, they are more apt than the Y-STRs to detect population stratification in a...

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Main Authors: Rafael Resque, Leonor Gusmão, Maria Geppert, Lutz Roewer, Teresinha Palha, Luis Alvarez, Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Sidney Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4821637?pdf=render