title: Y chromosome STRs in Croatians.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Anthropological Research, Amruseva 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. lovorka@luka.inantro.hr
authors.forename: Lovorka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barać
authors.forename: Marijana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pericić
authors.forename: Irena Martinović
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Klarić
authors.forename: Branka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Janićijević
authors.forename: Jüri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parik
authors.forename: Siiri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rootsi
authors.forename: Pavao
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rudan
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D017523:Croatia; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences