Analysis of the human Y-chromosome haplogroup Q characterizes ancient population movements in Eurasia and the Americas

BMC Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Grugni, Viola ^a   Raveane, Alessandro ^a   Ongaro, Linda ^a,b   Battaglia, Vincenza ^a   Trombetta, Beniamino ^c   Colombo, Giulia ^a   Capodiferro, Marco Rosario ^a   Olivieri, Anna ^a   Achilli, Alessandro ^a   Perego, Ugo A ^a   Motta, Jorge ^d   Tribaldos, Maribel ^e   Woodward, Scott R ^f   Ferretti, Luca ^a   Cruciani, Fulvio ^c   Torroni, Antonio ^a   Semino, Ornella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Tecnología e innovación   (Panama)

^e Department of Health Technology Assessment and Economic Evaluation ^*  (Panama)

^f UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haplogroup Q phylogeny; Human Y chromosome variation; Origin of Eurasians; Origin of Native Americans; Peopling of the Americas

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; CAUCASIAN; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMERICAS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 85060378188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-018-0622-4     Document Type: Article

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