Y-chromosomal evidence for a founder effect in Mbyá-guaraní Amerindians from northeast Argentina.
To assess the paternal history of the Mbyá-Guaraní Amerindians of northeast Argentina, we examined the genetic variation in seven Y-chromosome loci: the binary marker M3 at locus DYS199, and six short tandem repeats (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, and DYS393). The most striking finding is the high frequency among the Mbyá-Guaraní of Q3 lineages with the usually rare alleles DYS391*11 and DYS393*11, which could be the result of a founder effect, given the recent history of the population.
Altuna
M Eugenia
ME
Unidad CEPROCOR, Agencia Córdoba Ciencia, Córdoba, Argentina.
Modesti
Nidia M
NM
Demarchi
Darío A
DA
D000483:Alleles; D001118:Argentina; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D018703:Founder Effect; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007199:Indians, South American / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences