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Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Chinese Uigur ethnic group
Bo Feng Zhu1, Zhen Yuan Wang, Chun Hua Yang
1The Key Laboratory of Environment and Gene Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 710061, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
We have already coamplified minimal haplotypes (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385I/II), two additional loci, namely, DYS438, DYS439, and Amelogenin, in a single PCR using the Y-PLEX 12 kit. We investigated 107 unrelated male individuals from the Uigur ethnic group and studied the allelic frequency distribution and haplotype diversity of 11 Y-chromosomal STRs. A number of 43 alleles (nine STR loci) and 27 phenotypes (including DYS385) were detected, with frequencies ranging from 0.0092 to 0.6296. A total of 103 haplotypes were identified, among which 99 were individual-specific and four haplotypes were found twice. The haplotype diversity for these 12 Y-STR loci was 0.9993.
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