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Novel Y-chromosome short tandem repeat sequence variation for loci DYS710, DYS518, DYS385, DYS644, DYS612, DYS626, DYS504, DYS481, DYS447 and DYS449

Authors: Mohaimin Kasu, Jamie Fredericks, Mischa Fraser, Christiaan Labuschagne, Mpasi Lesaoana, Maria Eugenia D’Amato

Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Issue 6/2019

Abstract

In forensic casework, Y-chromosome short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) are essential for differentiating between unrelated males and resolving the male component of admixed biological evidence. While the majority of Y-STRs are adequate for discriminating between different paternal lineages, rapidly mutating Y-STRs are necessary for improving discrimination between males within populations of low Y-chromosome diversity and between paternal relatives. Alternatively, sequencing of Y-STRs may also improve the discrimination between isometric Y-STR alleles by identifying variation in the repeat unit pattern arrangements and by identifying SNPs in the flanking region or within the STR repeat unit itself. In this report, a total of 153 DNA sequences are presented across the Y-STR loci DYS710, DYS518, DYS385, DYS644, DYS612, DYS626, DYS504, DYS481, DYS447 and DYS449. A total of 94 Y-STR sequences provided herein are reported for the first time, of which 37 sequences represent alleles showing size homoplasy, 34 sequences of known alleles for which sequence data has been unavailable and a total of 23 novel allele sequences across loci DYS644, DS447, DYS710 and DYS504. This study further encountered a rare sequence variant in the 5′ flanking region of DYS385 and a total of two SNPs in the repeat structure at DYS481 and DYS449.

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Title: Novel Y-chromosome short tandem repeat sequence variation for loci DYS710, DYS518, DYS385, DYS644, DYS612, DYS626, DYS504, DYS481, DYS447 and DYS449
Authors: Mohaimin Kasu
Jamie Fredericks
Mischa Fraser
Christiaan Labuschagne
Mpasi Lesaoana
Maria Eugenia D’Amato
Publication date: 01-11-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Electronic ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-019-02056-7

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Novel Y-chromosome short tandem repeat sequence variation for loci DYS710, DYS518, DYS385, DYS644, DYS612, DYS626, DYS504, DYS481, DYS447 and DYS449

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