PubMed · 9633854
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M Flotow. Multi-ethnicity.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9633854/
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Although the expansion of the scientific literature in the field of ethnicity, race and health is welcome, it has been weakened by the diverse and inconsistent terms used to describe a group or individual's ethnicity. Further, a clear definition of what is meant by the terms ethnicity and race in publications is often lacking, making it difficult to compare studies. This problem is leading to much debate in the USA and the UK. Journal editors and researchers need to be aware of these debates, and actively involved in resolving problems and raising standards.
In an Iraqi Kurdish population sample (n = 101), seven polymorphic STR loci of the Y-chromosome (DYS19, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, and DXYS156-Y) were typed, with DYS389 being subtyped for its four segments. The haplotype diversity was 97.83% and 82 different haplotypes were observed. The Kurds shared some Y-types with neighbouring south Turks but strikingly few with Germans: it is 20-30 times more likely to find a sequence match in a random pair of Kurds than in a random Kurd-German pair.
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