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Silke Brauer
Researcher at Max Planck Society
Publications - 22
Citations - 2643
Silke Brauer is an academic researcher from Max Planck Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Polynesians. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 22 publications receiving 2531 citations. Previous affiliations of Silke Brauer include Netherlands Forensic Institute & Erasmus University Medical Center.
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Characteristics and frequency of germline mutations at microsatellite loci from the human Y chromosome, as revealed by direct observation in father/son pairs.
Manfred Kayser,Lutz Roewer,Minttu Hedman,Lotte Henke,Jürgen Henke,Silke Brauer,Carmen Krüger,Michael Krawczak,Marion Nagy,Tadeusz Dobosz,Reinhard Szibor,Peter de Knijff,Mark Stoneking,Antti Sajantila +13 more
TL;DR: The data indicate that the general mutational mechanism of microsatellites is independent of recombination, and mutation rates and characteristics of human Y-chromosomal microsatellite loci are consistent with those of autosomal microSatellites.
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Mutability of Y-chromosomal microsatellites: rates, characteristics, molecular bases and forensic implications
Kaye N. Ballantyne,Miriam Goedbloed,Rixun Fang,Onno Schaap,Oscar Lao,Andreas Wollstein,Andreas Wollstein,Ying Choi,Kate van Duijn,Mark Vermeulen,Silke Brauer,Silke Brauer,Ronny Decorte,Micaela Poetsch,Nicole von Wurmb-Schwark,Peter de Knijff,Damian Labuda,Hélène Vézina,Hans Knoblauch,Rüdiger Lessig,Lutz Roewer,Rafał Płoski,Tadeusz Dobosz,Lotte Henke,Jürgen Henke,Manohar R. Furtado,Manfred Kayser +26 more
TL;DR: The 13 most mutable Y-STRs are analyzed in an independent sample set and empirically proved their suitability for distinguishing close and distantly related males, expected to revolutionize Y-chromosomal applications in forensic biology.
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Melanesian and Asian Origins of Polynesians: mtDNA and Y Chromosome Gradients Across the Pacific
Manfred Kayser,Silke Brauer,Richard Cordaux,Amanda Casto,Oscar Lao,Lev A. Zhivotovsky,Claire Moyse-Faurie,Robb B. Rutledge,Wulf Schiefenhoevel,David Gil,Alice A. Lin,Peter A. Underhill,Peter J. Oefner,Ronald J. Trent,Mark Stoneking +14 more
TL;DR: Surprisingly, gradients in the frequency distribution of some NRY/mtDNA haplogroups across Polynesia and a gradual west-to-east decrease of overall Nry/mt DNA diversity are identified, providing evidence for a west- to-east direction of Polynesian settlements but also suggesting that Pacific voyaging was regular rather than haphazard.
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Melanesian origin of Polynesian Y-chromosomes
Manfred Kayser,Silke Brauer,Gunter Weiss,Peter A. Underhill,Lutz Roewer,Wulf Schiefenhövel,Mark Stoneking +6 more
TL;DR: All Polynesian Y chromosomes can be traced back to Melanesia, although some of these Y-chromosome types originated in Asia.
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Reduced Y-Chromosome, but Not Mitochondrial DNA, Diversity in Human Populations from West New Guinea
Manfred Kayser,Silke Brauer,Gunter Weiss,Wulf Schiefenhövel,Peter A. Underhill,Peidong Shen,Peter J. Oefner,Mila Tommaseo-Ponzetta,Mark Stoneking +8 more
TL;DR: The observed low levels of Y-chromosome diversity in WNG contrast with high levels of mtDNA diversity reported for the same populations, which most likely reflects extreme patrilocality and/or biased male reproductive success (polygyny).