title: Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in a population from the Amazon region, Brazil.
abstract: Haplotype and allele frequencies of the nine Y-STR (DYS19, DYS389 I, DYS389 II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385 I/II) were determined in a population sample of 200 unrelated males from Belém, Brazil. The most common haplotypes are shared by 1.5% of the sample, while 186 haplotypes are unique. The haplotype diversity is 0.9995+/-0.0006. The data obtained were compared to those of other Brazilian populations. AMOVA indicates that 99.91% of all the haplotypical variation is found within geopolitical regions and only 0.09% is found among regions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Teresinha de Jesus Brabo Ferreira
authors.initials: Tde J
authors.lastname: Palha
authors.forename: Elzemar Martins Ribeiro
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Sidney Emanuel Batista
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences