Y-chromosome DNA haplotypes in Basques.
One Y-specific DNA polymorphism (p49/ TaqI) was studied in a sample of 97 French Basques and compared with those found in 7 other French, Iberian, and Italian populations. A particularly high frequency (72.2%) of Y-haplotype XV was observed in Basques, compared to values (mean of 41%) obtained in other Western Europeans. Basques were also characterized by virtual absence, or presence at a low level, of the South or Near Eastern haplotypes XII, VII, and VIII. Considered together, these results confirm that Basques are a very ancient European population which has had little previous contact with the Neolithics.
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D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000208:ethnology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011174:Portugal / Q000208:ethnology; D013030:Spain / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*