Peopling of the North Circumpolar Region – Insights from Y Chromosome STR and SNP Typing of Greenlanders

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Olofsson, Jill Katharina, Pereira, Vania, Børsting, Claus, Morling, Niels
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2015
• Subjects: Research Article; Greenland; The ''Y''; Dorset culture; eskimo*; greenlander*; greenlandic; inuit; Thule
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4312058; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25635810; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116573

The human population in Greenland is characterized by migration events of Paleo- and Neo-Eskimos, as well as admixture with Europeans. In this study, the Y-chromosomal variation in male Greenlanders was investigated in detail by typing 73 Y-chromosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (Y-SNPs) and 17...