Haplotype frequencies for 17 Y-STR loci (AmpFlSTR®Y-filer™) in a Moroccan population sample

Received 15 August 2008; received in revised form 1 June 2009; accepted 8 June 2009. published online 15 July 2009.

Abstract

A sample of 267 unrelated Moroccan males from different ethnic groups (Arabs, Berbers and Sahrawi), was typed for 17 Y-STR loci (DYS19, DYS385, DYS389 I, DYS389 II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS448, DYS456, DYS458, DYS635, Y GATA H4). Discrimination capacity (96.3%) and haplotype diversity (99.91%) were calculated. A total of 257 haplotypes were identified, of which 237 were unique and 10 were found in two individuals each. DYS385 showed the highest diversity (0.887) followed by DYS458 (0.820) as a single locus marker.

Keywords: Y-Chromosomal STR, Haplotype, Morocco, Population data

a Biochemistry and Immunology Laboratory (Forensic Genetic Unit), Mohammed V Agdal University, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1014, Avenue Ibn Batouta Agdal, Rabat, Morocco

b Biology and Medical Research Unit, Centre National de l’Energie des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires (CNESTEN), BP 1382, R.P. 10001, Rabat, Morocco

c GENOME Biotechnologies Parc d’acitivités Oukacha imm. B, N° 35 Ain Sebaâ, Casablanca, Morocco

Corresponding author at: Biochemistry and Immunology Laboratory (Forensic Genetic Unit), Mohammed V Agdal University, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1014, Avenue Ibn Batouta Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. Tel.: +212 61 24 32 20; fax: +212 37 77 42 61.

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PII: S1872-4973(09)00095-7

doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2009.06.004

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