Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in a population from the Amazon region, Brazil

Teresinha de Jesus Brabo Ferreira Palha; Elzemar Martins Ribeiro Rodrigues; Sidney Emanuel Batista Dos Santos

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.12.012

Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in a population from the Amazon region, Brazil

Forensic Sci Int. 2007 Mar 2;166(2-3):233-9. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.12.012. Epub 2006 Jan 24.

Authors

Teresinha de Jesus Brabo Ferreira Palha¹, Elzemar Martins Ribeiro Rodrigues, Sidney Emanuel Batista Dos Santos

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.

PMID: 16439086
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.12.012

Abstract

Haplotype and allele frequencies of the nine Y-STR (DYS19, DYS389 I, DYS389 II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385 I/II) were determined in a population sample of 200 unrelated males from Belém, Brazil. The most common haplotypes are shared by 1.5% of the sample, while 186 haplotypes are unique. The haplotype diversity is 0.9995+/-0.0006. The data obtained were compared to those of other Brazilian populations. AMOVA indicates that 99.91% of all the haplotypical variation is found within geopolitical regions and only 0.09% is found among regions.

MeSH terms

Brazil
Chromosomes, Human, Y*
DNA Fingerprinting
Gene Frequency*
Genetics, Population*
Haplotypes*
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tandem Repeat Sequences*