Genetic evidence on the origins of Indian caste populations

M Bamshad, T Kivisild, WS Watkins, ME Dixon… - Genome …, 2001 - genome.cshlp.org
The origins and affinities of the∼ 1 billion people living on the subcontinent of India have
long been contested. This is owing, in part, to the many different waves of immigrants that …

Jewish and Middle Eastern non-Jewish populations share a common pool of Y-chromosome biallelic haplotypes

MF Hammer, AJ Redd, ET Wood… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
Haplotypes constructed from Y-chromosome markers were used to trace the paternal origins
of the Jewish Diaspora. A set of 18 biallelic polymorphisms was genotyped in 1,371 males …

Hierarchical patterns of global human Y-chromosome diversity

MF Hammer, TM Karafet, AJ Redd… - Molecular Biology …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
We examined 43 biallelic polymorphisms on the nonrecombining portion of the Y
chromosome (NRY) in 50 human populations encompassing a total of 2,858 males to study …

A novel multiplex for simultaneous amplification of 20 Y chromosome STR markers

JM Butler, R Schoske, PM Vallone, MC Kline… - Forensic Science …, 2002 - Elsevier
A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay capable of simultaneously amplifying 20
Y chromosome short tandem repeat (STR) markers has been developed to aid human …

Polynesian genetic affinities with Southeast Asian populations as identified by mtDNA analysis.

T Melton, R Peterson, AJ Redd, N Saha… - American journal of …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Polynesian genetic affinities to populations of Asia were studied using mtDNA markers. A
total of 1,037 individuals from 12 populations were screened for a 9-bp deletion in the …

[PDF][PDF] Paternal population history of East Asia: sources, patterns, and microevolutionary processes

T Karafet, L Xu, R Du, W Wang, S Feng… - The American Journal of …, 2001 - cell.com
Asia has served as a focal point for human migration during much of the Late Pleistocene
and Holocene. Clarification of East Asia's role as a source and/or transit point for human …

Evolutionary history of the COII/tRNALys intergenic 9 base pair deletion in human mitochondrial DNAs from the Pacific.

AJ Redd, N Takezaki, ST Sherry… - Molecular Biology …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Length changes in human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are potentially useful markers for
inferring the evolutionary history of populations. One such length change is a nine base pair …

Forensic value of 14 novel STRs on the human Y chromosome

AJ Redd, AB Agellon, VA Kearney, VA Contreras… - Forensic Science …, 2002 - Elsevier
We identified and characterized 14 novel short-tandem-repeats (STRs) on the Y
chromosome and typed them in two samples, a globally diverse panel of 73 cell lines, and …

New approaches to dating suggest a recent age for the human mtDNA ancestor

M Stoneking, ST Sherry, AJ Redd… - … Transactions of the …, 1992 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The most critical and controversial feature of the African origin hypothesis of human
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolution is the relatively recent age of about 200 ka inferred for …

[PDF][PDF] Peopling of Sahul: mtDNA variation in aboriginal Australian and Papua New Guinean populations

AJ Redd, M Stoneking - The American Journal of Human Genetics, 1999 - cell.com
We examined genetic affinities of Aboriginal Australian and New Guinean populations by
using nucleotide variation in the two hypervariable segments of the mtDNA control region …