Deep phylogenetic analysis of haplogroup G1 provides estimates of SNP and STR mutation rates on the human Y-chromosome and reveals migrations of Iranic speakers.

Y-chromosomal haplogroup G1 is a minor component of the overall gene pool of South-West and Central Asia but reaches up to 80% frequency in some populations scattered within this area. We have genotyped the G1-defining marker M285 in 27 Eurasian populations (n= 5,346), analyzed 367 M285-positive sam...

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Main Authors: Oleg Balanovsky, Maxat Zhabagin, Anastasiya Agdzhoyan, Marina Chukhryaeva, Valery Zaporozhchenko, Olga Utevska, Gareth Highnam, Zhaxylyk Sabitov, Elliott Greenspan, Khadizhat Dibirova, Roza Skhalyakho, Marina Kuznetsova, Sergey Koshel, Yuldash Yusupov, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Zhaxybay Zhumadilov, Elvira Pocheshkhova, Marc Haber, Pierre A Zalloua, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Anna Dybo, Chris Tyler-Smith, Elena Balanovska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4388827?pdf=render