Reading the human Y chromosome: the emerging DNA markers and human genetic history

Santos, Fabrício R.; Tyler-Smith, Chris

doi:10.1590/S0100-84551996000400025

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Reading the human Y chromosome: the emerging DNA markers and human genetic history.

human Y chromosome; DNA markers; human genetic history

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Reading the human Y chromosome: the emerging DNA markers and human genetic history

Fabrício R. Santos; Chris Tyler-Smith

Department of Biochemistry, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK. Fax: (44 1865) 275-283. E-mail: chris@bioch.ox.ac.uk. Send correspondence to C.T.-S.

ABSTRACT

Reading the human Y chromosome: the emerging DNA markers and human genetic history.

Keywords: human Y chromosome; DNA markers; human genetic history.

Buard, J. and Vergnaud, G. (1994). Complex recombination events at the hypermutable minisatellite CEB1 (D2S90). EMBO J. 13: 3203-3210.
Casanova, M., Leroy, P., Boucekkine, C., Weissenbach, J., Bishop, C., Fellous, M., Purrello, M., Fiori, G. and Siniscalco, M. (1985). A human Y-linked DNA polymorphism and its potential for estimating genetic and evolutionary distance. Science 230: 1403-1406.
Hammer, M.F. (1994). Recent insertion of an Alu element on the Y chromosome is a useful marker for human population studies. Mol. Biol. Evol 11: 749-761.
Hammer, M.F. (1995). A recent common ancestry for human Y chromosomes. Nature 378: 376-378.
Hammer, M.F. and Horai, S. (1995). Y chromosomal DNA variation and the peopling of Japan. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 56: 951-962.
Jobling, M.A., Fretwell, N., Dover, G.A. and Jeffreys, A.J. (1994). Digital coding of human Y chromosomes: MVR-PCR at Y-specific minisatellites. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 67: 390.
Lin, S.J., Tanaka, K., Leonard, W., Gerelsaikhan, T., Dashnyam, B., Nyamkhishig, S., Hida, A., Nakahori, Y., Omoto, K., Crawford, M.H. and Nakagome, Y. (1994). A Y-associated allele is shared among a few ethnic groups of Asia. Jpn. J. Hum. Genet. 39: 299-304.
Mathias, N., Bayés, M. and Tyler-Smith, C. (1994). Highly informative compound haplotypes for the human Y chromosome. Hum. Mol. Genet. 3: 115-124.
Nakahori, Y., Tamura, T., Yamada, M. and Nakagome, Y. (1989). Two 47z [DXYS5] RFLPs on the X and Y chromosomes. Nucleic Acids Res. 17: 2152.
Pena, S.D.J., Santos, F.R., Bianchi, N.O., Bravi, C.M., Carnese, F.R., Rothhammer, F., Gerelsaiknan, T., Munkhtuja, B. and Oyunsuren, T. (1995). A major founder Y-chromosome haplotype in Amerindians. Nat. Genet. 11: 15-16.
Roewer, L., Arnemann, J., Spurr, N.K., Grzeschik, K.-H. and Epplen, J.T. (1992). Simple repeat sequences on the human Y chromosome are equally polymorphic as their autosomal counterparts. Hum. Genet. 89: 389-394.
Roewer, L., Kayser, M., Dieltjes, P., Nagy, M., Bakker, E., Krawczak, M. and de Knijff, P. (1996). Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of Y-chromosome-specific microsatellites in two closely related human populations. Hum. Mol. Genet. 5: 1029-1033.
Sajantila, A., Salem, A.-H., Savolainen, P., Bauer, K., Gierig, C. and Pääbo, S. (1996). Paternal and maternal DNA lineages reveal a bottleneck in the founding of the Finnish population. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 12035-12039.
Santos, F.R., Pena, S.D.J. and Epplen, J.T. (1993). Genetic and population study of a Y-linked tetranucleotide repeat DNA polymorphism with a simple non-isotopic technique. Hum. Genet. 90: 655-656.
Santos, F.R., Pena, S.D.J. and Tyler-Smith, C. (1995a). PCR haplotypes for the human Y chromosome based on alphoid satellite variants and heteroduplex analysis. Gene 165: 191-198.
Santos, F.R., Hutz, M.H., Coimbra, C.E.A., Santos, R.V., Salzano, F.M. and Pena, S.D.J. (1995b). Further evidence for the existence of major founder Y chromosome haplotype in Amerindians. Braz. J. Genet. 18: 669-672.
Santos, F.R., Gerelsaikan, T., Munkhtuja, B., Oyunsuren, T., Epplen, J.T. and Pena, S.D.J. (1996a). Geographic differences in the allele frequencies of the human Y-linked tetranucleotide polymorphism DYS19. Hum. Genet. 97: 309-313.
Santos, F.R., Bianchi, N.O. and Pena, S.D.J. (1996b). Worldwide distributions of Y chromosome haplotypes. Genome Res. 6: 601-611.
Santos, F.R., Rodriguez-Delfin, L., Pena, S.D.J., Moore, J. and Weiss, K.M. (1996c). North and South Amerindians may have the same major founder Y chromosome haplotype. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 58: 1369-1370.
Seielstad, M.T., Herbert, J.M., Lin, A.A., Underhill, P.A., Ibrahim, M., Vollrath, D. and Cavalli-Sforza, L.L. (1994). Construction of human Y-chromosomal haplotypes using a new polymorphic A to G transition. Hum. Mol. Genet 3: 2159-2161.
Underhill, P.A., Jin, L., Zemans, R., Oefner, P.J. and Cavalli-Sforza, L.L. (1996). A pre-Colombian Y chromosome-specific transition and its implications for human evolutionary history. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 196-200.
Weber, J.L. and Wong, C. (1993). Mutation of human short tandem repeats. Hum. Mol. Genet. 2: 1123-1128.
Whitfield, L.S., Sulston, J.E. and Goodfellow, P.N. (1995). Sequence variation of the human Y chromosome. Nature 378: 379-380.

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[1] Buard, J. and Vergnaud, G. (1994). Complex recombination events at the hypermutable minisatellite CEB1 (D2S90). EMBO J. 13: 3203-3210.

[2] Casanova, M., Leroy, P., Boucekkine, C., Weissenbach, J., Bishop, C., Fellous, M., Purrello, M., Fiori, G. and Siniscalco, M. (1985). A human Y-linked DNA polymorphism and its potential for estimating genetic and evolutionary distance. Science 230: 1403-1406.

[3] Hammer, M.F. (1994). Recent insertion of an Alu element on the Y chromosome is a useful marker for human population studies. Mol. Biol. Evol 11: 749-761.

[4] Hammer, M.F. (1995). A recent common ancestry for human Y chromosomes. Nature 378: 376-378.

[5] Hammer, M.F. and Horai, S. (1995). Y chromosomal DNA variation and the peopling of Japan. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 56: 951-962.

[6] Jobling, M.A., Fretwell, N., Dover, G.A. and Jeffreys, A.J. (1994). Digital coding of human Y chromosomes: MVR-PCR at Y-specific minisatellites. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 67: 390.

[7] Lin, S.J., Tanaka, K., Leonard, W., Gerelsaikhan, T., Dashnyam, B., Nyamkhishig, S., Hida, A., Nakahori, Y., Omoto, K., Crawford, M.H. and Nakagome, Y. (1994). A Y-associated allele is shared among a few ethnic groups of Asia. Jpn. J. Hum. Genet. 39: 299-304.

[8] Mathias, N., Bayés, M. and Tyler-Smith, C. (1994). Highly informative compound haplotypes for the human Y chromosome. Hum. Mol. Genet. 3: 115-124.

[9] Nakahori, Y., Tamura, T., Yamada, M. and Nakagome, Y. (1989). Two 47z [DXYS5] RFLPs on the X and Y chromosomes. Nucleic Acids Res. 17: 2152.

[10] Pena, S.D.J., Santos, F.R., Bianchi, N.O., Bravi, C.M., Carnese, F.R., Rothhammer, F., Gerelsaiknan, T., Munkhtuja, B. and Oyunsuren, T. (1995). A major founder Y-chromosome haplotype in Amerindians. Nat. Genet. 11: 15-16.

[11] Roewer, L., Arnemann, J., Spurr, N.K., Grzeschik, K.-H. and Epplen, J.T. (1992). Simple repeat sequences on the human Y chromosome are equally polymorphic as their autosomal counterparts. Hum. Genet. 89: 389-394.

[12] Roewer, L., Kayser, M., Dieltjes, P., Nagy, M., Bakker, E., Krawczak, M. and de Knijff, P. (1996). Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) of Y-chromosome-specific microsatellites in two closely related human populations. Hum. Mol. Genet. 5: 1029-1033.

[13] Sajantila, A., Salem, A.-H., Savolainen, P., Bauer, K., Gierig, C. and Pääbo, S. (1996). Paternal and maternal DNA lineages reveal a bottleneck in the founding of the Finnish population. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 12035-12039.

[14] Santos, F.R., Pena, S.D.J. and Epplen, J.T. (1993). Genetic and population study of a Y-linked tetranucleotide repeat DNA polymorphism with a simple non-isotopic technique. Hum. Genet. 90: 655-656.

[15] Santos, F.R., Pena, S.D.J. and Tyler-Smith, C. (1995a). PCR haplotypes for the human Y chromosome based on alphoid satellite variants and heteroduplex analysis. Gene 165: 191-198.

[16] Santos, F.R., Hutz, M.H., Coimbra, C.E.A., Santos, R.V., Salzano, F.M. and Pena, S.D.J. (1995b). Further evidence for the existence of major founder Y chromosome haplotype in Amerindians. Braz. J. Genet. 18: 669-672.

[17] Santos, F.R., Gerelsaikan, T., Munkhtuja, B., Oyunsuren, T., Epplen, J.T. and Pena, S.D.J. (1996a). Geographic differences in the allele frequencies of the human Y-linked tetranucleotide polymorphism DYS19. Hum. Genet. 97: 309-313.

[18] Santos, F.R., Bianchi, N.O. and Pena, S.D.J. (1996b). Worldwide distributions of Y chromosome haplotypes. Genome Res. 6: 601-611.

[19] Santos, F.R., Rodriguez-Delfin, L., Pena, S.D.J., Moore, J. and Weiss, K.M. (1996c). North and South Amerindians may have the same major founder Y chromosome haplotype. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 58: 1369-1370.

[20] Seielstad, M.T., Herbert, J.M., Lin, A.A., Underhill, P.A., Ibrahim, M., Vollrath, D. and Cavalli-Sforza, L.L. (1994). Construction of human Y-chromosomal haplotypes using a new polymorphic A to G transition. Hum. Mol. Genet 3: 2159-2161.

[21] Underhill, P.A., Jin, L., Zemans, R., Oefner, P.J. and Cavalli-Sforza, L.L. (1996). A pre-Colombian Y chromosome-specific transition and its implications for human evolutionary history. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 196-200.

[22] Weber, J.L. and Wong, C. (1993). Mutation of human short tandem repeats. Hum. Mol. Genet. 2: 1123-1128.

[23] Whitfield, L.S., Sulston, J.E. and Goodfellow, P.N. (1995). Sequence variation of the human Y chromosome. Nature 378: 379-380.

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