Analysis of 16 autosomal STRs and 17 Y-STRs in an indigenous Maya population from Guatemala.
The aim of this study was to contribute new data on autosomal STR and Y-STR markers of the Mayas from Guatemala in order to improve available databases of forensic interest. We analyzed 16 autosomal STR markers in a population sample of 155 indigenous Maya and 17 Y-chromosomal STR markers in the 100 males of the sample. Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and linkage disequilibrium between autosomal STR markers were not observed at any loci. The combined power of exclusion was estimated as 99.9991% and the combined power of discrimination was >99.999999999999%. Haplotype diversity of Y-STRs was calculated as 0.9984 ± 0.0018 and analysis of pairwise genetic distances (Rst) supported the Native American background of the population.
BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Sergio
S
Cardoso
Departamento de la Administración de Justicia, Servicio de Patología-Gipuzkoa-del IVML (Instituto Vasco de Medicina Legal), Gobierno Vasco, Spain.
Rubén
R
Sevillano
BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
María J
MJ
Illescas
BIOMICs Research Group, Centro de Investigación "Lascaray" Ikergunea, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. marian.mdepancorbo@ehu.es.
Marian Martínez
MM
de Pancorbo
D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006166:Guatemala / Q000208:ethnology; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007197:Indians, Central American / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats
D005819:Genetic Markers
Guatemala; Indigenous; Maya; Population data; STRs; Y-STRs