Nine-locus Y-STR profiles of Afrikaner Caucasian and mixed ancestry populations from Cape Town, South Africa

Abstract Samples were collected from 108 Afrikaner males and 114 males of mixed ancestry. The term mixed ancestry is being used to denote a complex community which was established with contributions from Asians, Caucasians and Indigenous populations and constitutes a significant proportion of the Ca...

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Published in:Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2008-07, Vol.10 (4), p.225-227
Main Authors: Ehrenreich, Liezle, Benjeddou, Mongi, Davison, Sean, D’Amato, Maria, Leat, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Continental Ancestry Group - genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Y
DNA Fingerprinting
European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population
Haplotypes
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Population study
Short tandem repeats
South Africa
Tandem Repeat Sequences
Y-chromosome
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Summary:Abstract Samples were collected from 108 Afrikaner males and 114 males of mixed ancestry. The term mixed ancestry is being used to denote a complex community which was established with contributions from Asians, Caucasians and Indigenous populations and constitutes a significant proportion of the Cape Town metropolitan population. Allele and haplotype frequencies were determined for nine Y-STR loci (DYS19, DYS389-I, DYS389-II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and the duplicated locus DYS385). Unique haplotypes were obtained for 64 Afrikaner males and 90 males of mixed ancestry. Both population groups shared the same most common haplotype.
ISSN:1344-6223
1873-4162
DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.12.007