Allele frequencies and haplotypes for 28 Y-STRs in Ovambo population

Junko Fujihara; Isao Yuasa; Tomonori Muro; Reiko Iida; Etsuko Tsubota; Hiroaki Nakamura; Shinji Imamura; Toshihiro Yasuda; Haruo Takeshita

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.03.009

Allele frequencies and haplotypes for 28 Y-STRs in Ovambo population

Leg Med (Tokyo). 2009 Jul;11(4):205-8. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.03.009. Epub 2009 May 12.

Authors

Junko Fujihara¹, Isao Yuasa, Tomonori Muro, Reiko Iida, Etsuko Tsubota, Hiroaki Nakamura, Shinji Imamura, Toshihiro Yasuda, Haruo Takeshita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane University School of Medicine, 89-1 Enya, Izumo, Shimane 693-8501, Japan.

PMID: 19442559
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.03.009

Abstract

Y-chromosomal 28 short tandem repeat (STR) loci were investigated in unrelated healthy individuals of the Ovambo population from Namibia (n=54). Sixteen Y-chromosome short tandem repeat (Y-STR) polymorphic loci (DYS456, DYS389I, DYS390, DYS389II, DYS458, DYS19, DYS385, DYS393, DYS391, DYS439, DYS635, DYS392, GATAH4, DYS437, DYS438, and DYS448) were analyzed using AmpFISTR Yfiler Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Amplification Kit. DYS441-445 and DYS446, DYS447, DYS449, DYS450, DYS459a/b, DYS463 and DYS464a/b/c/d were investigated using a multiplex PCR system. Fifty-one haplotypes were identified in 54 Ovambos. The STR diversity values for Y-STRs loci ranged from 0.036 (DYS392) to 0.900 (DYS 385).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Y*
DNA Fingerprinting
Ethnicity / genetics
Gene Frequency*
Genetics, Population*
Haplotypes*
Humans
Male
Namibia
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tandem Repeat Sequences*