Distribution of Y chromosomes among native North Americans: A study of Athapaskan population history.

@article{citeulike:3015822, abstract = {In this study, 231 Y chromosomes from 12 populations were typed for four diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to determine haplogroup membership and 43 Y chromosomes from three of these populations were typed for eight short tandem repeats (STRs) to determine haplotypes. These data were combined with previously published data, amounting to 724 Y chromosomes from 26 populations in North America, and analyzed to investigate the geographic distribution of Y chromosomes among native North Americans and to test the Southern Athapaskan migration hypothesis. The results suggest that European admixture has significantly altered the distribution of Y chromosomes in North America and because of this caution should be taken when inferring prehistoric population events in North America using Y chromosome data alone. However, consistent with studies of other genetic systems, we are still able to identify close relationships among Y chromosomes in Athapaskans from the Subarctic and the Southwest, suggesting that a small number of proto-Apachean migrants from the Subarctic founded the Southwest Athapaskan populations. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.}, address = {Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL.}, author = {Singh Malhi, Ripan and Gonzalez-Oliver, Angelica and Schroeder, Kari Britt B. and Kemp, Brian M M. and Greenberg, Jonathan A A. and Dobrowski, Solomon Z Z. and Smith, David Glenn G. and Resendez, Andres and Karafet, Tatiana and Hammer, Michael and Zegura, Stephen and Brovko, Tatiana }, citeulike-article-id = {3015822}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20883}, issn = {1096-8644}, journal = {American journal of physical anthropology}, keywords = {admixture, apache, athabaskan, na-dene, navajo, y}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2008-07-17 22:34:08}, priority = {5}, title = {Distribution of Y chromosomes among native North Americans: A study of Athapaskan population history.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20883}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3015822 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3015822 TI - Distribution of Y chromosomes among native North Americans: A study of Athapaskan population history. JF - American journal of physical anthropology AD - Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL. SN - 1096-8644 N2 - In this study, 231 Y chromosomes from 12 populations were typed for four diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to determine haplogroup membership and 43 Y chromosomes from three of these populations were typed for eight short tandem repeats (STRs) to determine haplotypes. These data were combined with previously published data, amounting to 724 Y chromosomes from 26 populations in North America, and analyzed to investigate the geographic distribution of Y chromosomes among native North Americans and to test the Southern Athapaskan migration hypothesis. The results suggest that European admixture has significantly altered the distribution of Y chromosomes in North America and because of this caution should be taken when inferring prehistoric population events in North America using Y chromosome data alone. However, consistent with studies of other genetic systems, we are still able to identify close relationships among Y chromosomes in Athapaskans from the Subarctic and the Southwest, suggesting that a small number of proto-Apachean migrants from the Subarctic founded the Southwest Athapaskan populations. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2008. (c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. KW - admixture KW - apache KW - athabaskan KW - na-dene KW - navajo KW - y AU - Singh Malhi, Ripan AU - Gonzalez-Oliver, Angelica AU - Schroeder, Kari Britt AU - Kemp, Brian M AU - Greenberg, Jonathan A AU - Dobrowski, Solomon Z AU - Smith, David Glenn AU - Resendez, Andres AU - Karafet, Tatiana AU - Hammer, Michael AU - Zegura, Stephen AU - Brovko, Tatiana PY - 2008/07/10/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20883 ER -