Mutation rate estimates for 110 Y-chromosome STRs combining population and father-son pair data.

Abstract excerpt

Y-chromosome microsatellites (Y-STRs) are typically used for kinship analysis and forensic identification, as well as for inferences on population history and evolution. All applications would greatly benefit from reliable locus-specific mutation rates, to improve forensic probability calculations and interpretations of diversity data. However, estimates of mutation rate from father-son transmissions are...

Topics

• Chromosomes, Human, Y
• Fathers
• Genetics, Population
• Haplotypes
• Humans
• Logistic Models
• Male
• Meiosis
• Microsatellite Repeats
• Mutation
• Nuclear Family
• Pedigree