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Y-STR typing of an Austrian population sample using a 17-loci multiplex PCR assay

Authors: Burkhard Berger, Alexandra Lindinger, Harald Niederstätter, Petra Grubwieser, Walther Parson

Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Issue 4/2005

Abstract

Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes were determined from a sample of 135 unrelated men and 70 sons from Tirol (Austria) using the AmpFlSTR Yfiler PCR amplification kit (Applied Biosystems) that coamplifies 17 Y-STRs. The panel of markers includes the 9-loci European minimal haplotype (minHt) and, in addition, the markers DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS448, DYS456, DYS458, DYS635 (Y GATA C4) and Y GATA H4. A total of 130 different haplotypes (125 were unique) were identified by the 17 Y-STR markers, an increase of 19 compared with the minHt. The gene diversity of DYS635, DYS456 and DYS458 exceeded 0.75 and only that of the duplicated marker DYS385 (0.86) was higher. Consistently high haplotype diversity values were found in all tested Y-SNP haplogroups. Because the simultaneous analysis of 17 Y-STR systems offers a high power of discrimination at minimum sample consumption, the Yfiler kit is a promising tool for forensic applications.

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Title: Y-STR typing of an Austrian population sample using a 17-loci multiplex PCR assay
Authors: Burkhard Berger
Alexandra Lindinger
Harald Niederstätter
Petra Grubwieser
Walther Parson
Publication date: 01-07-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Issue 4/2005
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Electronic ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-005-0546-8

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Y-STR typing of an Austrian population sample using a 17-loci multiplex PCR assay

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