Reply to 'The 'extremely ancient' chromosome that isn't' by Elhaik et al

Affiliations

¹ 1] ARL Division of Biotechnology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA [2] Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
² 1] ARL Division of Biotechnology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA [2] Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
³ Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ ARL Division of Biotechnology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Comment

Fernando L Mendez et al. Eur J Hum Genet. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;23(5):564-7.

doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.148. Epub 2014 Oct 15.

¹ 1] ARL Division of Biotechnology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA [2] Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
² 1] ARL Division of Biotechnology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA [2] Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
³ Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ ARL Division of Biotechnology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

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An African American paternal lineage adds an extremely ancient root to the human Y chromosome phylogenetic tree.
Mendez FL, Krahn T, Schrack B, Krahn AM, Veeramah KR, Woerner AE, Fomine FL, Bradman N, Thomas MG, Karafet TM, Hammer MF. Mendez FL, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Mar 7;92(3):454-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Feb 28. Am J Hum Genet. 2013. PMID: 23453668 Free PMC article.
The 'extremely ancient' chromosome that isn't: a forensic bioinformatic investigation of Albert Perry's X-degenerate portion of the Y chromosome.
Elhaik E, Tatarinova TV, Klyosov AA, Graur D. Elhaik E, et al. Eur J Hum Genet. 2014 Sep;22(9):1111-6. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.303. Epub 2014 Jan 22. Eur J Hum Genet. 2014. PMID: 24448544 Free PMC article.

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