Elmrghni, Samir and Coulson-Thomas, Yvette and Kadurra, Mahmoud and Dixon, R. A. and Williams, Ross (2012) Population genetic data for 17 Y STR markers from Benghazi (East Libya). Forensic Science International: Genetics, 6 (2). pp. 224-227. ISSN 1872-4973

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Abstract

The seventeen Y-STR loci included in the AmpF‘STR1 YfilerTM PCR Amplification kit (DYS19, DYS389I,DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385a/b, DYS438, DYS439, DYS437, DYS448, DYS458,DYS456, DYS635, and Y-GATA-H4) were used to type a sample population of 238 males from eastern Libya (Benghazi region). Of 238 observed haplotypes, 214 were unique (90%) and 24 (10%) were found more than once. The 17 loci gave a discriminating power of 0.999. DYS458 showed the highest diversity as a single-locus marker (0.73). Allelic frequencies and gene diversities for each Y-STR locus were determined. The high haplotype diversity and discrimination capacity (0.996) demonstrate the utility of these loci for human identification in forensic applications. Comparative analysis with Y-STR datasets of relevant populations and submission of the haplotypes to the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database (YHRD) was undertaken.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Forensics, Libya, Benghazi, Y-STR, ref03, refdoi
Subjects:	C Biological Sciences > C400 Genetics
Divisions:	College of Sciences > Faculty of Science > School of Life Sciences
Depositing User:	Alison Wilson
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2011 14:40
Last Modified:	08 May 2013 14:49
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/4565

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