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What is mutation M168?
The deepest mutation on the Y chromosome tree in non-African populations is called M168. It is found in many African and all non-African Y-chromosomes. This indicates that the M168 mutation must be very old, since it must have arisen in the common ancestor of some African and all non-African populations.
Where is the M168 marker found?
Through his research he discovered that the Y chromosome has genetic markers that can be traced to specific geographic locations, which the males’ ancestor traveled to and from. All men have the chromosomal marker M168, and can be traced to the Bush people of Africa.
Why do males have higher mutation rates?
The standard explanation has been that fathers pass on more genetic mutations, because their sperm-producing cells divide throughout their lifetimes–as many as 400 times in a 30-year-old man. This provides many more chances for mistakes, as the DNA copies itself, than in egg cells, which only divide about 24 times.
Do most mutations occur in males?
In mammals, most new mutations occur in males. But a study of the evolution of a human X to Y chromosomal translocation has revealed a sex bias much lower than previous estimates. Patterns of substitution suggest that differential methylation between male and female germ lines is a key determinant of the mutation rate.
Is the Y chromosome passed unchanged?
The y-chromosome is inherited more or less unchanged from father to son to grandson, indefinitely. Chromosomes contain the DNA that determines our inherited characteristics, and the y-chromosome is one of the 46-chromosomes in the nucleus of each of the cells of all human males.
Are males a mutation?
Men are responsible for the majority of human genetic mutations, according to a landmark publication in the scientific journal Nature. Researchers of the Human Genome Project discovered that the Y chromosome, found only in men, passes on genetic mutations twice as often as the X chromosome.
Are males mutation?
Why are males more prone to genetic disorders?
X-linked recessive diseases most often occur in males. Males have only one X chromosome. A single recessive gene on that X chromosome will cause the disease. The Y chromosome is the other half of the XY gene pair in the male.