title: Allele frequencies for 27 Y-STR loci with U.S. Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic samples.
abstract: A total of 263 U.S. Caucasians, 260 African Americans and 140 U.S. Hispanics or a subset of 31 Caucasians, 32 African Americans, and 32 Hispanics were typed for 27 Y-chromosome short tandem repeat (Y-STR) markers: DYS444, DYS446, DYS449, DYS463, DYS485, DYS490, DYS495, DYS504, DYS505, DYS508, DYS520, DYS522, DYS525, DYS532, DYS533, DYS534, DYS540, DYS556, DYS557, DYS570, DYS575, DYS576, DYS594, DYS632, DYS635, DYS641, and DYS643. Allele frequencies for each locus are reported along with nomenclature based on sequence analysis.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8311, USA. john.butler@nist.gov
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Amy E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Decker
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Vallone
authors.forename: Margaret C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kline
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000235:genetics*; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers