title: Population data on 11 Y-chromosome STRs from Guiné-Bissau.
abstract: The forensic value of Y-STR markers in Guiné-Bissau was accessed by typing of 215 males. Allele and haplotype frequencies, determined for loci DYS19, DYS389-I, DYS389-II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439 and the duplicated locus DYS385, are within the limits of variation found in other populations south of the Sahara. The level of discrimination achieved is Guineans is higher than for European or other African populations with comparable data. The haplotype diversity of 0.9995 is reduced to 0.9981 when the minimal haplotype is considered thus revealing the importance of increasing the number of typed loci.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Universidade da Madeira, Campus Universitário da Penteada, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal. arosa@uma.pt
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ornelas
authors.forename: António
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brehm
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villems
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006169:Guinea-Bissau; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences