The male-specific part of the human Y chromosome is widely used in forensic DNA analysis,
particularly in cases where standard autosomal DNA profiling is not informative. A Y …

The properties of the human Y chromosome–namely, male specificity, haploidy and escape
from crossing over—make it an unusual component of the genome, and have led to its …

It is commonly thought that human genetic diversity in non-African populations was shaped
primarily by an out-of-Africa dispersal 50–100 thousand yr ago (kya). Here, we present a …

Many studies of human populations have used the male-specific region of the Y
chromosome (MSY) as a marker, but MSY sequence variants have traditionally been subject …

The Y chromosome has long been considered a 'genetic wasteland'on a trajectory to
completely disappear from the human genome. The perception of its physiological function …

Levels and patterns of genetic diversity can provide insights into a population's history. In
species with sex chromosomes, differences between genomic regions with unique …

The proportion of Europeans descending from Neolithic farmers∼ 10 thousand years ago
(KYA) or Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers has been much debated. The male-specific region of …

Mutations are the fundamental source of biological variation, and their rate is a crucial
parameter for evolutionary and medical studies. Here we used whole-genome sequence …

The Y chromosome directly reflects male genealogies, but the extremely low Y chromosome
sequence diversity in horses has prevented the reconstruction of stallion genealogies [1, 2] …

High throughput sequencing methods have completely transformed the study of human Y
chromosome variation by offering a genome-scale view on genetic variation retrieved from …