Y-chromosome STR haplotypes in Sweden.
A total of 708 men, with Swedish names, from different parts of Sweden have been typed for the Y-chromosome minimal haplotype STR markers DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and DYS385. Of these, 403 men were of geographically undefined Swedish origin and the rest, 305, from seven defined geographical regions. PCR-products were detected by ABI377 using sequenced allelic ladders. An evaluation of the 708 chromosomes revealed 423 different haplotypes. Only 100 of the haplotypes were found more than once. The over all haplotype diversity was 0.994. The haplotype 14, 12, 28, 23, 10, 11, 13, 14-14 has the highest frequency of 5.79% and is significantly Swedish, when compared to other European populations.
The National Board of Forensic Medicine, Department of Forensic Genetics, University Hospital, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden. gunilla.holmlund@rmv.se
Gunilla
G
Holmlund
Helena
H
Nilsson
Andreas
A
Karlsson
Bertil
B
Lindblom
D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013548:Sweden; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences