Population genetics of 17 Y-STR markers in West Libya (Tripoli region)

Soumaya Triki-Fendri; Paula Sánchez-Diz; Danel Rey-González; Imen Ayadi; Suad Alfadhli; Ahmed Rebai; Ángel Carracedo

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.002

Population genetics of 17 Y-STR markers in West Libya (Tripoli region)

Forensic Sci Int Genet. 2013 May;7(3):e59-61. doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.002. Epub 2013 Mar 7.

Authors

Soumaya Triki-Fendri¹, Paula Sánchez-Diz, Danel Rey-González, Imen Ayadi, Suad Alfadhli, Ahmed Rebai, Ángel Carracedo

Affiliation

¹ Research Group on Molecular and Cellular Screening Processes, Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, BP1177 route Sidi Mansour km 6, 3018 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia.

PMID: 23473875
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2013.02.002

Abstract

Seventeen Y-chromosomal Short Tandem Repeats (Y-STR) included in the AmpFlSTR Y-filer PCR Amplification kit (Applied Biosystems) (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385ab, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS448, DYS456, DYS458, DYS635 and GATA H4) were genotyped in a population sample of 176 unrelated males from western Libya (Tripoli region). A total of 142 different haplotypes were found, 124 being unique. Haplotype diversity was 0.9950. Both R(ST) pairwise analyses and multidimensional scaling plot show a close genetic relationship between Tripoli and North African populations.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Y*
Genetics, Population*
Humans
Libya
Male
Microsatellite Repeats / genetics*
Quality Control