1) "Genetic Genealogy - DNA Family Trees". This site is from the, "What You Need to Know About" series. Once you have digested the articles on this site you will be better prepared to tackle some of those toward the end of the present list. The URL is www.genealogy.about.com/cs/geneticgenealogy.
2) Charles Kerchner - An expanded version of "Genetics & Genealogy - An Introduction with Y - DNA Case Study Examples". Unpublished manuscript, 2003 - www.kerchner.com/dna-info.htm.
Comment: The above two resources are excellent starting points to begin the process of understanding the meaning of your results (or to prepare you for same).
3) Kevin Duerinck's Website (www.duerinck.com)
Comment: Kevin's site is a goldmine for genealogists interested in genetics. Two of the most useful of his webpages include www.duerinck.com/genlinks.html which provides a wealth of information on all aspects of DNA and genealogy. An excellent overview. Feel free to click at will since there are gems embedded everywhere. Another of his most useful links is www.duerinck.com/surname.html which offers probably the most thorough compilation of all known surname DNA studies.
4) Y - Chromosome Haplogroup Website (Dennis Garvey) - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dgarvey/DNA/markers.htm.
Comment: Dennis Garvey's site will provide detailed information about the Y - chromosome gleaned from individuals such as the Project Administrator who have contributed information, which Dennis Garvey has in turn used to show how different Y - Chromosome "signatures" are related to each other. Again, click on any links provided here as there is a considerable amount of unique information about the Y - chromosome in the various webpages of his site.
5) Neil Bradman and Mark Thomas - "Why Y? The Y Chromosome in the Study of Human Evolution". This article, published in Science Spectra (No. 14, 1998) can be found on-line in a number of locations including www.ramsdale.org/dna13.htm .
Comment: This paper packs a huge amount of useful information into but a few pages. It includes a great overview of genetics, the Y chromosome, and all the terminology that is bandied about in the technical papers to which I will refer in Resource C.
5) Mark A. Jobling and Chris Tyler - Smith - "The Human Y Chromosome: An Evolutionary Marker Comes of Age". The is a "brand new" and thoroughly comprehensive overview of the Y - Chromosome. It can be downloaded in pdf fomat from www.le.ac.uk/genetics/May4/JoblingTS.03.NRG.Review.pdf from Nature Rev. Genet. (No. 4, 2003), pp. 598-612.
Comment: This is the most thorough perspective on the Y - Chromosome yet published. It is, however, very slow going in places unless you happen to have a degree in the biological sciences (even then it is a challenge). I would download this article, but save it until you have a thorough familiarity of the subject.
