Y-STR haplotypes of Native American populations from the Brazilian Amazon region

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

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.12.003

Y-STR haplotypes of Native American populations from the Brazilian Amazon region

Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2010 Oct;4(5):e121-3. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.12.003. Epub 2010 Jan 19.

Authors

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

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil.

PMID: 20457062
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.12.003

Abstract

The allele and haplotype frequencies of nine Y-STRs (DYS19, DYS389 I, DYS389 II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385 I/II) were determined in a sample of six native tribes from the Brazilian Amazon (Tiriyó, Awa-Guajá, Waiãpi, Urubu-Kaapor, Zoé and Parakanã). Forty-eight different haplotypes were identified, 28 of which unique. Five haplotypes are very frequent and were shared by over 10 individuals. The estimated haplotype diversity (0.9114) was very low compared to other geographic groups, including Africans, Europeans and Asians.

MeSH terms

Brazil
Chromosomes, Human, Y*
Gene Frequency
Haplotypes*
Humans
Indians, South American / genetics*
Microsatellite Repeats*