Characterization and haplotype analysis of the polymorphic Y-STRs DYS443, DYS444 and DYS445 in a Japanese population.
From sequence database information we have newly identified three male-specific and polymorphic tetranucleotide STRs, DYS443 (GDB: 10807127), DYS444 (GDB: 10807128) and DYS445 (GDB: 10807129) on the Y chromosome. Analysis of 190 Japanese males revealed 6, 5 and 4 alleles in the DYS443, DYS444 and DYS445 systems, with calculated STR diversities of 0.68, 0.57 and 0.53, respectively. The cumulative haplotype diversity of the five Y-STRs DYS441, DYS442, DYS443, DYS444 and DYS445 was calculated to be 0.95 and therefore application of these STRs may yield very useful information for forensic individualization.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
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Iida
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Tsubota
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Sawazaki
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Masuyama
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Matsuki
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Yasuda
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Kishi
D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics*; D014998:Y Chromosome
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