tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post432698339506173029..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Haplogroup correlations in RussiaDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-85369095547497082632008-04-21T13:17:00.000+03:002008-04-21T13:17:00.000+03:00And it seems "genetic drift" and "bottlenecks" are...And it seems "genetic drift" and "bottlenecks" are being used to explain so many anomalies they've reached the stage of being as informative as saying, "God did it".terrythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17327062321100035888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-15910638002327792232008-04-16T14:24:00.000+03:002008-04-16T14:24:00.000+03:00"Genetic drift and bottlenecks can do extraordinar..."Genetic drift and bottlenecks can do extraordinary things to what poplations look like in terms of these markers."<BR/><BR/>Genetic drift does not result in a geographical gradient. <BR/><BR/>Also, Y-DNA is the only system that maintains the signal of a population's patrilineages, which is of prime importance when discussing the origins of ethnic groups, most of which were patriarchal.Dienekes Pontikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341303424873475334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-42693088771496320482008-04-16T07:56:00.000+03:002008-04-16T07:56:00.000+03:00I think by now we've all learned how unreiable the...I think by now we've all learned how unreiable the frequencies of Y-DNA haplogroups can be as indicators of ancestral relationships.<BR/><BR/>Genetic drift and bottlenecks can do extraordinary things to what poplations look like in terms of these markers.<BR/><BR/>I think the only senseuble thing to do is to correlate any coclusions based on Y-DNA (and mtDNA) with a at least a few hundred reliable genome wide SNPs.Polakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791738703122670119noreply@blogger.com