title: Population genetics of 17 Y-chromosomal STR loci in Japanese.
abstract: Haplotypes and allele frequencies of 17 Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat (Y-STR) markers were examined using the AmpFlSTR Yfiler PCR Amplification Kit (Applied Biosystems) in a population sample of 1166 Japanese male volunteers in 6 prefectures: Miyagi, Yamagata, Osaka, Tottori, Fukuoka, and Okinawa. A total of 1058 haplotypes were observed from 1166 males, and the most common haplotype detected in 12 males had a frequency of 1.03% and the discrimination capacity was 0.907. The R(ST) analysis showed statistically significant differences between Okinawa and the other subpopulations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Forensic Medicine, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. hashiyad@forensic.med.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashiyada
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Umetsu
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yuasa
authors.forename: Akiyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsusue
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashimura
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funayama
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D004247:DNA