Genetic evidence points to distinct paternal settlers of the Faroe Islands and Iceland.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Faroe Islands are a small archipelago located in the North Atlantic likely colonized by a small group of founders sometime between 50 and 300 CE. Post colonization, the Faroese people have been largely isolated from admixture with mainland and other island populations in the region. As such, the initial founder effect and subsequent genetic drift are likely major contributors to the modern genetic diversity found among the Faroese.

Methods

In this study, we assess the utility of Y-chromosomal microsatellites to detect founder effect in the Faroe Islands through the construction of haplotype networks and a novel empirical method, mutational distance from modal haplotype histograms (MDM), for the visualization and evaluation of population bottlenecks.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Mann AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625576 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature