Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Sicily

C Robino; S Inturri; S Gino; C Torre; C Di Gaetano; F Crobu; V Romano; G Matullo; A Piazza

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.05.015

Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Sicily

Forensic Sci Int. 2006 Jun 2;159(2-3):235-40. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.05.015. Epub 2005 Jun 28.

Authors

C Robino¹, S Inturri, S Gino, C Torre, C Di Gaetano, F Crobu, V Romano, G Matullo, A Piazza

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Criminalistic Sciences, Department of Anatomy, Pharmacology and Legal Medicine, University of Turin, c.so Galileo Galilei 22, 10126 Turin, Italy. carlo.robino@unito.it

PMID: 15990263
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.05.015

Abstract

Eight Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (STRs)-DYS19, DYS389-I, DYS389-II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and DYS385-were typed in a population sample (n=255) of unrelated Sicilian males from nine different towns on the main island and from the island of Pantelleria.

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Y / genetics*
DNA Fingerprinting / methods
Genetics, Population*
Haplotypes*
Humans
Sicily
Tandem Repeat Sequences / genetics*
White People / genetics