Nine-locus Y-chromosome STR profiling of Caucasian and Xhosa populations from Cape Town, South Africa

Neil Leat; Mongi Benjeddou; Sean Davison

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.022

Nine-locus Y-chromosome STR profiling of Caucasian and Xhosa populations from Cape Town, South Africa

Forensic Sci Int. 2004 Aug 11;144(1):73-5. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.022.

Authors

Neil Leat¹, Mongi Benjeddou, Sean Davison

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South Africa. [email protected]

PMID: 15240024
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.02.022

Abstract

Y-chromosome STR markers are not widely used in forensic case work in South Africa. To begin assessing the forensic value of these markers in South Africa, samples were collected from 100 English-speaking Caucasian males and 99 Xhosa males, living in the Cape Town metropolitan area. Allele and haplotype frequencies were determined for nine Y-chromosome STR loci (DYS19, DYS389-I, DYS389-II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, and the duplicated locus DYS385). Unique haplotypes were obtained for 47 Xhosa males and 66 Caucasians.

MeSH terms

Chromosomes, Human, Y*
DNA Fingerprinting / methods
Ethnicity / genetics*
Gene Frequency*
Genetics, Population*
Haplotypes
Humans
Male
South Africa
Tandem Repeat Sequences*