Devine Y-Chromosome Project Analysis

Analysis done by L. David Roper
roperld@vt.edu
http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid
www.roperld.com

The data are:

These data are from Donn Devine.

DYS389I=DYS389a is subtracted from DYS389II to give DYS389b. If one does not do this one can get either one too many or one too few relative mutations. See Y-Chromosome Markers for Many Families.

The relative mutations among these individuals are:

A way to look at the results is through a phylogenetic network. I use the free software of Fluxus Engineering (http://www.fluxus-engineering.com/sharenet.htm) to calculate and draw a network. (There are usually several possible networks for any given set of markers, but I present only the simplest looking one calculated by the program.) The phylogenetic network diagram is a visual way to see the genetic distances or relative mutations among the participants.

Another way to look at the results is through a phylogenetic network. I use the free software of Fluxus Engineering (http://www.fluxus-engineering.com/sharenet.htm) to calculate and draw a network. (The official brief instructions for using the program are at http://www.fluxus-engineering.com/netwinfaq.htm. I have some further instructions at Brief Instructions for Using the Phylogenetic Network Program) (There are usually several possible networks for any given set of markers, but I present only the simplest looking one calculated by the program.) The phylogenetic network diagram is a visual way to see the genetic distances or relative mutations among the participants.

A phylogenetic network for these individuals is:

This is a median-joined calculation.

Devine2 and Devine1 are the same. Devine5 and Devine11 are the same.

To create time-ordered phylograms of the various paleolithic groups, I use the PHYLIP Neighbor software, with the UPGMA option (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean), and the relative-mutations matrix to generate a tree file (*.tre) to be plotted by the TreeView software. (For a description of how I do it, see PHYLIPTreeViewUse.htm.)

Here is a time-ordered phylogram for the Devine families:

Present time is on the right. Note the horizontal scale of 0.1 relative mutations on the bottom left. 1 relative mutation is about 500 years.

To determine the haplogroups:

We see that most Devines are in or closest to hg 1, 1.15+.