Investigation of Japanese-specific alleles: Most are of Jomon lineage. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yuasa, Isao; Umetsu, Kazuo; Adachi, Noboru; Matsusue, Aya; Nakayashiki, Nori; Fujihara, Junko; Akane, Atsushi; Harihara, Shinji; Jin, Feng; Ishikawa, Takaki
• Is Part Of: Legal medicine. Volume 17:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 52
• Page End: 55
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Medical jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine légale -- Périodiques; Medical jurisprudence; Periodicals; 614.1
• DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.08.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1344-6223

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st050">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="o0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0060">Three SNPs suggested the existence of Japanese-specific alleles on autosomes.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0065">Further study identified a total of 67 (nearly) Japanese-specific alleles.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0070">DNA samples from Jomon skeletons were also investigated.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0075">Most of those alleles were suggested to have originated from the Jomon lineage.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0080">These alleles would be useful as ancestry-informative markers.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>