Racial variation of a non-fluorescent segment of the Y chromosome in East Indians. 1983

R S Verma, and A Huq, and H Dosik

Seventy normal male East Indians were selected to study the length of the fluorescent (f), non-fluorescent (nf), and total length of the Y chromosome by the QFQ technique. The length of the Y chromosome was classified into five groups using subjectively defined criteria, namely, very small, small, average, large, and very large. The frequencies of Y/F indices for these groups were 0.0%, 1.42%, 15.71%, 58.57%, and 24.28%, respectively. The variation in the total length of the Y chromosome was accounted for by variations in the length of the nf as well as the f segments. The mean Y/F, f/F, and nf/F indices for East Indians were 1.20, 0.47, and 0.73, respectively. A longer Y was noted in East Indians primarily owing to an increase in size of the nf segment in comparison to normal black and Caucasian populations. Furthermore, it is emphasised that the definition of 'average' or 'large' Y varies from race to race.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007214 Indonesia A republic stretching from the Indian Ocean east to New Guinea, comprising six main islands: Java, Sumatra, Bali, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo), Sulawesi (formerly known as the Celebes) and Irian Jaya (the western part of New Guinea). Its capital is Djakarta. The ethnic groups living there are largely Chinese, Arab, Eurasian, Indian, and Pakistani; 85% of the peoples are of the Islamic faith. Celebes,Indonesian New Guinea,Irian Jaya,Java,Madoera,Netherlands East Indies,New Guinea, Indonesian,New Guinea, West,Sulawesi,Sumatra,Timor,West Irian,Bali,East Indies,Madura,Malay Archipelago
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011796 Quinacrine An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years. It has also been used as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of giardiasis and malignant effusions. It is used in cell biological experiments as an inhibitor of phospholipase A2. Mepacrine,Acrichine,Atabrine,Atebrin,Quinacrine Dihydrochloride,Quinacrine Dihydrochloride, Dihydrate,Quinacrine Dihyrochloride, (R)-Isomer,Quinacrine Dihyrochloride, (S)-Isomer,Quinacrine Dimesylate,Quinacrine Hydrochloride,Quinacrine Monoacetate,Quinacrine Monohydrochloride,Quinacrine Monomesylate,Quinacrine, (+-)-Isomer,Quinacrine, (R)-Isomer,Quinacrine, (S)-Isomer,Dihydrochloride, Quinacrine,Dimesylate, Quinacrine,Hydrochloride, Quinacrine,Monoacetate, Quinacrine,Monohydrochloride, Quinacrine,Monomesylate, Quinacrine
D005453 Fluorescence The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light. X-ray fluorescence is used in diagnosis.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012730 Sex Chromosomes The homologous chromosomes that are dissimilar in the heterogametic sex. There are the X CHROMOSOME, the Y CHROMOSOME, and the W, Z chromosomes (in animals in which the female is the heterogametic sex (the silkworm moth Bombyx mori, for example)). In such cases the W chromosome is the female-determining and the male is ZZ. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Gonosomes,Chromosome, Sex,Chromosomes, Sex,Gonosome,Sex Chromosome
D014481 United States A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D014644 Genetic Variation Genotypic differences observed among individuals in a population. Genetic Diversity,Variation, Genetic,Diversity, Genetic,Diversities, Genetic,Genetic Diversities,Genetic Variations,Variations, Genetic

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