title: Haplotypes for 12 Y-chromosomal STR loci in a Korean population (the central region).
abstract: Haplotypes and allele frequencies of 12 STR loci included in the PowerPlex Y system (DYS391, DYS389I, DYS439, DYS389II, DYS438, DYS437, DYS19, DYS392, DYS393, DYS390, and DYS385a/b) were obtained from a sample of 569 unrelated individuals living in the central region of Korea. A total of 473 haplotypes were observed in the 569 individuals studied, of which 426 (90.06%) were unique. The overall haplotype diversity for the 12 Y-STR loci was 0.9985, and the discrimination capacity was 0.8313. In DYS439, we found a new intermediate-sized allele that added an A at base 3 upstream from the repeat region's first GATA motif. The allele was named 11 (U3Ains) according to its sequence structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Central District Office, National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Daejeon 305-348, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Ho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Ae
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Myun Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Wook
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ingnyol
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Nam Soo
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences