TY - JOUR
T1 - The genetic affinity of Polynesians
T2 - evidence from Y chromosome polymorphisms
AU - SPURDLE, A. B.
AU - WOODFIELD, D. G.
AU - HAMMER, M. F.
AU - JENKINS, T.
PY - 1994/7
Y1 - 1994/7
N2 - Y‐linked polymorphisms were studied in a sample of 60 Polynesians, and results were compared with findings from studies on other major population groups. Three previously unreported 49a/TaqI haplotypes were observed, two of which possess a new polymorphic fragment named 12. Frequency data for the 49a/TaqI, XY275, pDP31 and Y Alu polymorphisms indicate that Polynesians have greater affinity to Caucasoids than to African populations. Similar population frequency trends were not observed for the p21A1/TaqI polymorphism, supporting the hypothesis that this polymorphism has arisen more than once.
AB - Y‐linked polymorphisms were studied in a sample of 60 Polynesians, and results were compared with findings from studies on other major population groups. Three previously unreported 49a/TaqI haplotypes were observed, two of which possess a new polymorphic fragment named 12. Frequency data for the 49a/TaqI, XY275, pDP31 and Y Alu polymorphisms indicate that Polynesians have greater affinity to Caucasoids than to African populations. Similar population frequency trends were not observed for the p21A1/TaqI polymorphism, supporting the hypothesis that this polymorphism has arisen more than once.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1994.tb01889.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1994.tb01889.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 7872648
AN - SCOPUS:0027946766
VL - 58
SP - 251
EP - 263
JO - Annals of Human Genetics
JF - Annals of Human Genetics
SN - 0003-4800
IS - 3
ER -