On the origins, rapid expansion and genetic diversity of native Americans from hunting‐gatherers to agriculturalists

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: Regueiro, Maria, Alvarez, Joseph, Rowold, Diane, Herrera, Rene J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Chaplino; Mayan; Tuva; Chukchi; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22207; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.22207; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.22207

Abstract Given the importance of Y‐chromosome haplogroup Q to better understand the source populations of contemporary Native Americans, we studied 8 biallelic and 17 microsatellite polymorphisms on the background of 128 Q Y‐chromosomes from geographically targeted populations. The populations exami...