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Z255 is not subordinate to Z253

Posted by DavidReynolds on 25 Jul 2012 at 00:28 GMT

Validated L11 Phylogeny
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0041634#pone-0041634-g005

Positioning of Z253 vs Z255 was confirmed by PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing; the two SNPs are mutually exclusive and are located at a peer level under R-L21. This is also consistent with the placement of the two SNPs as shown in Figure 2 of this article.
http://www.isogg.org/tree/ISOGG_HapgrpR.html
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/R-L21/default.aspx?section=ysnp

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