title: Nine-locus Y-STR profiles of Afrikaner Caucasian and mixed ancestry populations from Cape Town, South Africa.
abstract: Samples were collected from 108 Afrikaner males and 114 males of mixed ancestry. The term mixed ancestry is being used to denote a complex community which was established with contributions from Asians, Caucasians and Indigenous populations and constitutes a significant proportion of the Cape Town metropolitan population. Allele and haplotype frequencies were determined for nine Y-STR loci (DYS19, DYS389-I, DYS389-II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and the duplicated locus DYS385). Unique haplotypes were obtained for 64 Afrikaner males and 90 males of mixed ancestry. Both population groups shared the same most common haplotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa.
authors.forename: Liezle
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ehrenreich
authors.forename: Mongi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benjeddou
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Davison
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: D'Amato
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Leat
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People / Q000235:genetics*; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013019:South Africa; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*