Human Y-specific STR haplotypes in population of Serbia and Montenegro

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 171; no. 2; pp. 216 - 221
• Main Authors: Stevanović, Miljana, Dobričić, Valerija, Keckarević, Dušan, Perović, Aleksandar, Savić-Pavićević, Dušanka, Keckarević-Marković, Milica, Jovanović, Aleksandar, Romac, Stanka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 13.09.2007; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Animal populations; Biological and medical sciences; Chromosomes, Human, Y; DNA Fingerprinting; Forensic medicine; Forensic sciences; Frequency distribution; Gene Frequency; General aspects; Genetics, Population; Genotyping; Haplotypes; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Pathology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polymorphism; Population genetics; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Tandem Repeat Sequences; Y-STR; Yugoslavia; Serbia; Europe; Montenegro; Yugoslavia; Germany; Haplotypes; Genotyping; Y-STR; Human; Ethnic origin; Forensic science; Legal medicine; Genotype; Forensic aspect; Tandemly repeated sequence; Population genetics; Microsatellite DNA; Haplotype
• ISSN: 0379-0738; 1872-6283
• DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.038

Abstract Nine Y chromosome short tandem repeat (STR) loci (DYS19, DYS385, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392 and DYS393) were analyzed in group of 237 unrelated healthy males from population of Serbia and Montenegro in order to assess the frequencies of Y haplotypes. We observed 174 different haplotypes of which 146 (61.6%) were seen only once. Y-STR allelic frequencies in Serbia and Montenegro, in general, correspond to other European populations, except for the DYS19, DYS385 and DYS389II loci.