title: Population genetics of 23 Y-STR loci in the Mongolian minority population in Inner Mongolia of China.
abstract: In this study, 23 Y chromosomal STRs (DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385a, DYS385b, DYS438, DYS439, DYS437, DYS448, DYS456, DYS458, DYS635, YGATAH4, DYS576, DYS481, DYS549, DYS533, DYS570, and DYS643) were investigated in 258 unrelated individuals of Mongolian descent living in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A total of 233 different haplotypes were found, and 209 of them were unique. Haplotype diversity was 0.9992 and gene diversity ranged from 0.4840 (DYS391) to 0.9679 (DYS385ab). Both Rstpairwise analysis and multidimensional scaling plot showed that the genetic structure of the Mongolian population was significantly different from some Chinese ethnic groups and neighboring populations. It is notable that there were null features existing at DYS448 as observed by the PowerPlex® Y23 System, which could be also obtained by sequencing in the Tibetan population.
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 16, Section 3, RenMin Nan Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors: Tianzhen
authors: T
authors: Gao
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 16, Section 3, RenMin Nan Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors: Libing
authors: L
authors: Yun
authors: Institute of Forensic Science, Ordos Public Security Bureau, Ordos, 017000, Inner Mongolia, China.
authors: Shuang
authors: S
authors: Gao
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 16, Section 3, RenMin Nan Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Gu
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 16, Section 3, RenMin Nan Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors: Wang
authors: W
authors: He
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 16, Section 3, RenMin Nan Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
authors: Haibo
authors: H
authors: Luo
authors: Institute of Forensic Medicine, West China School of Basic Science and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, No. 16, Section 3, RenMin Nan Road, 610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. prof.hou@gmail.com.
authors: Yiping
authors: Y
authors: Hou
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D041322:Chromosomes, Human, Y; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
keywords: DYS448; Mongolian population; PowerPlex® Y23; Y chromosome