title: Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in Kalmyk population samples.
abstract: Seventeen Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (STRs), DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385ab, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, GATA-H4, DYS448, DYS456, DYS458, DYS635 were typed in DNA samples from the Kalmyk population (n=99). The population is characterized by a high proportion of duplicated DYS19 alleles and deletions of the locus DYS448 on the background of the Central Asian haplogroup C*. AMOVA analysis reveals a close vicinity to Mongolian and Kazakh populations and large genetic distance to geographical neighbours from Russia, Ukraine and the Caucasus.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Legal Medicine, Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Hannoversche Str. 6, 10115 Berlin, Germany. lutz.roewer@charite.de
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Roewer
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Willuweit
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Heike
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rodig
authors.forename: Lyudmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kokshunova
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rothämel
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kravchenko
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Jobling
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoneking
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nasidze
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012426:Russia; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences