Population genetics of Y-chromosome STRs in a population of Northern Greeks.
| Title | Population genetics of Y-chromosome STRs in a population of Northern Greeks. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2009 |
| Authors | Kovatsi, L., Saunier J. L., & Irwin J. A. |
| Journal | Forensic Sci Int Genet |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pagination | e21-2 |
| Date Published | 2009 Dec |
| ISSN | 1878-0326 |
| Keywords | Chromosomes, Human, Y, DNA Fingerprinting, Gene Frequency, Genetics, Population, Greece, Haplotypes, Humans, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Tandem Repeat Sequences |
| Abstract | Seventeen Y STR loci were typed in a population sample of 191 unrelated male individuals from Northern Greece. Haplotypes are presented for the following loci: DYS456, DYS389I, DYS390, DYS389II, DYS458, DYS19, DYS385a/b, DYS393, DYS391, DYS439, DYS635, DYS392, Y GATA H4, DYS437, DYS438 and DYS448. The overall haplotype diversity was 0.9992. This database study provides significant additional information for the application of Y-chromosomal STRs to forensic identification efforts in Greece by nearly doubling both the number of individuals and the number of Y-loci typed from Greek populations. These samples have been previously typed for autosomal STRs [L. Kovatsi, T.J. Parsons, R.S. Just, J.A. Irwin, Genetic variation for 15 autosomal STR loci (PowerPlex 16) in a population sample from northern Greece, Forensic Sci. Int. 159 (2006) 61-63] and the mitochondrial DNA control region [J. Irwin, J. Saunier, K. Strouss, C. Paintner, T. Diegoli, K. Sturk, L. Kovatsi, A. Brandstatter, M.A. Cariolou, W. Parson, T.J. Parsons, Mitochondrial control region sequences from northern Greece and Greek Cypriots, Int. J. Legal Med. 122 (2008) 87-89]. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.01.001 |
| Alternate Journal | Forensic Sci Int Genet |
| PubMed ID | 19948315 |
