Genetic population study of 11 Y chromosome STR loci in Greece

Panayotis Katsaloulis; Konstantina Tsekoura; Maria Vouropoulou; Penelope Miniati

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.001

Genetic population study of 11 Y chromosome STR loci in Greece

Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2013 May;7(3):e56-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.001. Epub 2013 Apr 9.

Authors

Panayotis Katsaloulis¹, Konstantina Tsekoura, Maria Vouropoulou, Penelope Miniati

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos, 15310 Athens, Greece. pkatsaloulis@chem.demokritos.gr

PMID: 23582698
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.001

Abstract

Statistical properties of eleven Y chromosome Short Tandem Repeat (STR) markers were analyzed (DYS391, DYS389I, DYS439, DYS389II, DYS438, DYS437, DYS19, DYS392, DYS393, DYS390 and DYS385) in a Greek population sample. The 200 subjects where distributed across Greece, from various Peripheries. 182 distinct haplotypes were found. To validate our results gene diversity has been calculated for the whole population, as well as for each locus individually. Genetic distance has been estimated between this population and Albanian, Egyptian, Italian and Turkish populations. The results indicate that all Y loci are useful for forensic sciences.

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Y*
Genetics, Population*
Greece
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats / genetics*
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Quality Control