title: Male-specific contributions to the Brazilian population of Espirito Santo.
abstract: Y chromosome markers have been widely studied due to their various applications in the fields of forensic and evolutionary genetics. In this study, 35 Y-SNPs and 17 Y-STRs were genotyped in 253 males from the State of Espirito Santo, Brazil. A total of 18 haplogroups and 243 haplotypes were detected; the haplogroup and haplotype diversities were 0.7794 and 0.9997, respectively. Genetic distance analysis using the Y-STR data showed no statistically significant differences between Espirito Santo and other admixed populations from Brazil. The classification of paternal lineages based on haplogroups showed a predominant European contribution (85.88%), followed by African (11.37%) and Amerindian (2.75%) contributions.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação de Paternidade, Núcleo de Atendimento a Comunidade - Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, km 01, 14801-902, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de F Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação de Paternidade, Núcleo de Atendimento a Comunidade - Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, km 01, 14801-902, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Isabela B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Ambrosio
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação de Paternidade, Núcleo de Atendimento a Comunidade - Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, km 01, 14801-902, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Danilo F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Braganholi
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Genética Forense, Departamento de Polícia Federal, Instituto Nacional de Criminalística, Diretoria Técnico-Científica, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chemale
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação de Paternidade, Núcleo de Atendimento a Comunidade - Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, km 01, 14801-902, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Joyce A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.affiliation: IPATIMUP, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: IPATIMUP, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal.|DNA Diagnostic Laboratory (LDD), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gusmão
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Investigação de Paternidade, Núcleo de Atendimento a Comunidade - Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rodovia Araraquara-Jaú, km 01, 14801-902, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil. cicarell@fcfar.unesp.br.
authors.forename: Regina M B
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Cicarelli
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers
keywords: Brazil; Y chromosome; Y-SNP haplogroup; Y-STR haplotype