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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] SNPs, Clades, and Trees
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 08:20:23 -0600
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There are. I said 2000 or so.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth O'Donoghue" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: [DNA] SNPs, Clades, and Trees


> That's no doubt true, but Ken, your statement implies that there are an
> extraordinary number of SNP's on the Y chromosome with the rate of
> occurrence you mentioned, going back to genetic Adam.
>
> Elizabeth
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> WTY includes only about 0.4% of the Y-chromosome, so only a tiny
> minority of existing SNPs will be found.
>
> VV
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 5:53 AM, "Elizabeth O'Donoghue" <
> > wrote:
>
>> Ken, you said:
>>
>> A new y SNP occurs on average in every y line about every father/son
>> generational transition.
>>
>> That sounds as if SNP appearances are more frequent than STR
>> mutations. If
>> that is the case, then why haven't more been found in the ongoing WTY?
>
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