Genetic polymorphism of 17 Y chromosomal STRs in Kazakh and Uighur populations from Xinjiang, China

• Published in: International journal of legal medicine Vol. 128; no. 5; pp. 743 - 744
• Main Authors: Shan, Wenjuan, Ablimit, Abdurahman, Zhou, Weijiang, Zhang, Fuchun, Ma, Zhenghai, Zheng, Xiufen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: China; Chromosomes, Human, Y; DNA Fingerprinting; Ethnic Groups - genetics; Forensic Medicine; Gene Frequency; Genetic engineering; Genetic testing; Haplotypes; Humans; Legal medicine; Male; Medical Law; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microsatellite Repeats; Minority & ethnic groups; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polymorphism; Polymorphism, Genetic; Population; Population Data; Software; Uyghur people; Y chromosomes; China; Kazakhstan; Gene diversity; Kazakh; Uighur; Y-STR; Polymorphism
• ISSN: 0937-9827; 1437-1596; 1437-1596
• DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0948-y

To evaluate the utility of Y-STR data for DNA testing in two ethnic populations of Xinjiang province, a sample of 338 subjects (121 Kazakhs and 217 Uighurs) was tested. In the Kazakh and Uighur populations, the haplotype diversity was 0.868 and 0.996, respectively, and the discrimination capacity was 0.5950 and 0.8940, respectively. High numbers of singleton haplotypes were observed among Xinjiang Uighurs, but fewer were found in Kazakhs. Our results were also compared with geographically and linguistically close populations.