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Diversity of five novel Y-STR loci and their application in studies of north Chinese populations.
Journal of genetics - 1 Apr 2010
Xu Zhaoyang, Sun Haiming, Yu Yang, Jin Yan, Meng Xaingning, Sun Donglin, Bai Jing, Chen Feng, Fu Songbin
Abstract excerpt
Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) show sufficient variability among individuals in a population and high degree of geographical differentiation, so their polymorphic character makes them especially suited for population genetic studies. In this study, five novel Y-STR loci were analysed in 174 samples from five minority populations residing in north China (Daur, Kazak, Xibe, Uighur and Kirgiz) to...
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