Inventors:
Peter J. Oefner - Redwood City CA, US
Peter A. Underhill - Palo Alto CA, US
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
C12Q001/68
C12P019/34
C07H021/02
C07H021/04
US Classification:
435 6, 435 912, 536 235, 536 2431, 536 2433
Abstract:
The present invention provides novel polymorphisms on the Y chromosome and methods of using these polymorphisms as well as known polymorphisms on the Y chromosome as indicators of evolutionary heritage. The polymorphisms of the present invention clustered to specific regions of the Y chromosome, and polymorphisms of particular use to the present methods are found in the non-recombining region of the human Y chromosome (NRY). These polymorphisms, including SNPs, insertions, and deletions, may be useful for numerous applications, including forensics, paternity testing, diagnosis and the like.