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.
Iida
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Department of Forensic Medicine, Fukui Medical University, Fukui 910-1193, Japan.
Tsubota
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E
Sawazaki
K
K
Masuyama
M
M
Matsuki
T
T
Yasuda
T
T
Kishi
K
K
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
D004247:DNA