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Genetic polymorphisms for 11 Y-STRs haplotypes of Chinese Yi ethnic minority group.

Zhu B, Shen C, Qian G, Shi R, Dang Y, Zhu J, Huang P, Xu Y, Zhao Q, Ma J, Liu Y

The Key Laboratory of Environment and Gene Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi 710061, China. zhubofeng7372@sina.com

Eleven Y-STRs loci including minimal haplotypes (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, and DYS385a,b) and two additional loci, namely DYS438 and DYS439 have been co-amplified in 100 healthy unrelated males of Chinese Yi minority ethnic group using the Y-PLEX 5 and Y-PLEX 6 kit, in order to investigate allele and haplotype frequencies of Yi population, evaluate their usefulness in forensic paternity testing and human identification, and enrich Chinese population genetic informational resources. Out of a total of 100 individuals 85 showed different haplotypes, while 8 haplotypes occurred more than once. The overall haplotype diversity for 11 Y-STRs loci was 0.9945.

Published 20 March 2006 in Forensic Sci Int, 158(2): 229-33.
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