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The genetic affinity of Polynesians: evidence from Y chromosome polymorphisms
Author(s) -
SPURDLE A. B.,
WOODFIELD D. G.,
HAMMER M. F.,
JENKINS T.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1994.tb01889.x
Subject(s) - polynesians , genetics , biology , y chromosome , evolutionary biology , chromosome , gene , demography , population , sociology
SUMMARY Y‐linked polymorphisms were studied in a sample of 60 Polynesians, and results were compared with findings from studies on other major population groups. Three previously unreported 49a/ Taq I haplotypes were observed, two of which possess a new polymorphic fragment named 12. Frequency data for the 49a/ Taq I, XY275, pDP31 and Y Alu polymorphisms indicate that Polynesians have greater affinity to Caucasoids than to African populations. Similar population frequency trends were not observed for the p21A1/ Taq I polymorphism, supporting the hypothesis that this polymorphism has arisen more than once.