A calibrated human Y-chromosomal phylogeny based on resequencing.

ABSTRACT: We have identified variants present in high-coverage complete sequences of 36 diverse human Y chromosomes from Africa, Europe, South Asia, East Asia, and the Americas, representing eight major haplogroups. After restricting our analysis to 8.97 Mb of the unique male-specific Y sequence, we identified 6662 high-confidence variants, including single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), multi-nucleotide polymorphisms (MNPs), and indels. We constructed phylogenetic trees using these variants, or subsets of them, and recapitulated the known structure of the tree. Assuming a male mutation rate of 1 × 10(-9) per base pair per year, the time depth of the tree (haplogroups A3-R) was ~101,000-115,000 yr, and the lineages found outside Africa dated to 57,000-74,000 yr, both as expected. In addition, we d

SUBMITTER: Wei W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3561879 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature