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We genotyped 23 Y-STR loci (DYS576, DYS389I, DYS448, DYS389II, DYS19, DYS391, DYS481, DYS549, DYS533, DYS438, DYS437, DYS570, DYS635, DYS390, DYS439, DYS392, DYS643, DYS393, DYS458, DYS385a/b, DYS456, and GATA-H4) in a sample of 109 unrelated male Chinese people residing in Minnan area and compared the results with those from our previous study on 12 Y-STR. The haplotype diversity and the discrimination capacity of the 23 Y-STR reached 0.9903 and 0.9725, respectively, and the genetic diversity for each locus ranged from 0.321 (DYS391) to 0.955 (DYS385). Besides, we observed a strong correlation between the number of Y-STR markers and the substantial improvement of forensic parameters used to discriminate between individuals. The results indicated that these highly polymorphic Y-STR markers were useful for human identification in forensic cases and paternity tests within the Minnan Han Chinese population.
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This project was supported by grants from the Li Ka-Shing Foundation (Hong Kong, China), Cambridge University, UK (No. 432034), the Key Research Project of Shantou Science and Technology Bureau (No. 2005116), and the Shantou University Research and Development Fund (No. L00007).
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Shang, J., Hu, Sp. Haplotype data of 23 Y-chromosome markers in Minnan Han Chinese and comparison with those of 12 Y-chromosome markers. J. Huazhong Univ. Sci. Technol. [Med. Sci.] 35, 456–463 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-015-1453-y
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