title: Genetic analysis of 17 Y-chromosomal STR loci of Chinese Tujia ethnic group residing in Youyang Region of Southern China.
abstract: Y-STR haplotype data were obtained in a population sample of 197 unrelated healthy male individuals of Chinese Tujia ethnic minority group residing in an autonomous county of Southern China using 17 Y-chromosome STR markers. A total of 197 haplotypes were identified in the set of Y-STR loci. The overall haplotype diversity for the Tujia population at 17 Y-STR loci was 1.0000±0.0005. Genetic distance was estimated between this population and other 14 Chinese populations including Paiwan and Atayal populations of Taiwan, and Southern Han, Dong, Jing, Miao, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Maonan, She, Hui, Sala, and Tibetan ethnic groups. The results demonstrated that the 17 Y-STR loci analyzed were highly polymorphic in Tujia ethnic group examined and hence useful for forensic cases, paternity testing, and population genetic studies.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Ya-Ran
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Science, Chongqing Public Security Bureau, Chongqing 400021, PR China.
authors.forename: Yu-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Jing
authors.affiliation: Institute of Forensic Science, Chongqing Public Security Bureau, Chongqing 400021, PR China.
authors.forename: Guo-Dong
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Dong
authors.initials: XD
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China. Electronic address: yanjw@big.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Jiang-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D056667:Biometric Identification / Q000379:methods; D002681:China; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y / Q000235:genetics*; D053803:Forensic Genetics; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Genetic distance; Haplotype; Tujia ethnic; Y-chromosome; Yfiler