作者: Kaye N. Ballantyne , Miriam Goedbloed , Rixun Fang , Onno Schaap , Oscar Lao
DOI: 10.1016/J.AJHG.2010.08.006
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摘要: Nonrecombining Y-chromosomal microsatellites (Y-STRs) are widely used to infer population histories, discover genealogical relationships, and identify males for criminal justice purposes. Although a key requirement for their application is reliable mutability knowledge, empirical data are only available for a small number of Y-STRs thus far. To rectify this, we analyzed a large number of 186 Y-STR markers in nearly 2000 DNA-confirmed father-son pairs, covering an overall number of 352,999 meiotic transfers …