title: Population genetics of 17 Y-STR markers in West Libya (Tripoli region).
abstract: Seventeen Y-chromosomal Short Tandem Repeats (Y-STR) included in the AmpFlSTR Y-filer PCR Amplification kit (Applied Biosystems) (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385ab, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS448, DYS456, DYS458, DYS635 and GATA H4) were genotyped in a population sample of 176 unrelated males from western Libya (Tripoli region). A total of 142 different haplotypes were found, 124 being unique. Haplotype diversity was 0.9950. Both R(ST) pairwise analyses and multidimensional scaling plot show a close genetic relationship between Tripoli and North African populations.
authors.affiliation: Research Group on Molecular and Cellular Screening Processes, Laboratory of Microorganisms and Biomolecules, Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, BP1177 route Sidi Mansour km 6, 3018 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia.
authors.forename: Soumaya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Triki-Fendri
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Diz
authors.forename: Danel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rey-González
authors.forename: Imen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ayadi
authors.forename: Suad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alfadhli
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rebai
authors.forename: Ángel
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Carracedo
mesh_terms: D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008002:Libya; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D011786:Quality Control