Y chromosome STRs in Croatians

Lovorka Barać; Marijana Pericić; Irena Martinović Klarić; Branka Janićijević; Jüri Parik; Siiri Rootsi; Pavao Rudan

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.09.004

Y chromosome STRs in Croatians

Forensic Sci Int. 2003 Dec 17;138(1-3):127-33. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.09.004.

Authors

Lovorka Barać¹, Marijana Pericić, Irena Martinović Klarić, Branka Janićijević, Jüri Parik, Siiri Rootsi, Pavao Rudan

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Anthropological Research, Amruseva 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. lovorka@luka.inantro.hr

PMID: 14642732
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.09.004

Abstract

Eight Y chromosome short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms (DYS19, DYS388, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393) were analyzed in the sample of 457 unrelated Croatian men. A general STR allelic frequency pattern in Croatians corresponds to other European populations with the exception of the loci DYS19 and DYS389II. The most frequent DYS19 allele was 16, while at the DYS389II the most frequent were alleles 30 and 31. The most frequent Y chromosome haplotype (16-13-13-31-24-11-11-13) was found in 33 individuals (7.22%). One hundred and seventy-four haplotypes (38.07%) were observed in single copies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Y*
Croatia
DNA Fingerprinting / methods
Gene Frequency
Genetics, Population*
Haplotypes
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic*
Tandem Repeat Sequences*