Abstract
One hundred thirty male individuals, strictly selected for their geographical origin
and for typical regional surnames were submitted to the analysis. 17 STRs (short tandem
repeats) loci and 19 SNPs binary markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms) of male-specific
region of the Y chromosome (MSY) were typed to well characterize the selected population
of Modena province. The availability of joint distribution of MSY haplotypes and haplogroup
frequencies is becoming an important tool for both human evolutionary studies and
forensic investigation, but large databases of complete Y-lineages are needed for
a better understanding of the power of the combined use of Y-specific polymorphisms.
A total of 129 haplotypes and 9 haplogroups were found and R1b haplogroup with a frequency
of 67.7% was the most frequent, as expected because of the geographical location of
the sample (Northwestern Italy). The Modena Y-lineages (STRs and SNPs independently)
were also compared with published data of other neighbouring populations’ samples.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 24, 2008
Accepted:
May 7,
2008
Received in revised form:
March 21,
2008
Received:
November 9,
2007
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