title: Population data for 15 Y-chromosome STRs in a population sample from Quito (Ecuador).
abstract: Population frequencies for the 9 Y-STR loci included in the "minimal haplotype" from Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database (YHRD), plus other 6 Y-STRs (DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, GATA A7.2, GATA H4 and GATA A10) were obtained for a sample of 120 males from Quito (Ecuador). One hundred and sixteen unique haplotypes were identified within the sample. Haplotype diversity (0.9994) was among the highest in comparison to other populations from Iberia and South-America. Genetic distances were calculated and our sample presented significative differences with all other samples, the lowest values being with a Guinean sample.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Toxicología y Legislación Sanitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baeza
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tirado
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: López-Parra
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: María Soledad
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mesa
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arroyo-Pardo
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004484:Ecuador; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences