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

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 158; no. 2; pp. 229 - 233
• Main Authors: Zhu, Bofeng, Shen, Chunmei, Qian, Guangli, Shi, Ruiyi, Dang, Yonghui, Zhu, Jun, Huang, Ping, Xu, Yongcheng, Zhao, Qianzi, Ma, Jun, Liu, Yao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 10.05.2006; Elsevier; The Lancet Publishing Group, a division of Elsevier Science Ltd; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Analysis; Biological and medical sciences; China; Chinese Yi minority ethnic group; Chromosomes, Human, Y; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA Fingerprinting; Ethnic Groups - genetics; Forensic medicine; Forensic sciences; Gene Frequency; General aspects; Genetic aspects; Genetic polymorphisms; Genetics, Population; Haplotype; Haplotypes; Human population genetics; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Polymorphism, Genetic; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Statistical methods; Tandem Repeat Sequences; Thermal cycling; Y chromosome; Y-chromosomal STR; Y-PLEX™ 5 kit; Y-PLEX™ 6 kit; Yi (Chinese people); Asia; China; Y-chromosomal STR; Y-PLEX™ 5 kit; Y-PLEX™ 6 kit; Chinese Yi minority ethnic group; Haplotype; Human; Ethnic origin; Asiatic; Genetic variability; Forensic science; Y-PLEX# 6 kit; Genotype; Forensic aspect; Y-Chromosome; Tandemly repeated sequence; Population genetics; Ethnic group; Microsatellite DNA; Minority; Race; Kit; Chinese; Technique; Y-PLEX# 5 kit
• ISSN: 0379-0738; 1872-6283
• DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.05.031

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.