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[Europa]

We genotyped six Y-linked microsatellites (identifying haplotypes) [12] and 11 unique event polymorphisms (UEPs, identifying hgs, as defined in Figure 2) known to be polymorphic in Europe [13 and 14]. The most frequent haplogroups observed were those defined by M173, M170, and M17 mutations ( Table 1) (Hgs R1xR1a1, IxI1b2, and R1a1, referred to as hgs 1, 2, and 3 in [4]). For most analyses, we subdivided chromosomes within these groups by using one-step neighbor clusters of the haplotypes AMH, 2.47, and 3.65 [4], indicated as AMH+1, 2.47+1, and 3.65+1, respectively.



Figure 2. Y Chromosome GenealogyY chromosome genealogy of the UEPs typed is shown. Nomenclature is as suggested by the Y chromosome consortium [18]. For simplicity, only the last derived mutation is indicated in the text.