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Y-STR loci diversity in native Alaskan populations.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jul 2011
Davis Carey, Ge Jianye, Chidambaram Abirami, King Jonathan, Turnbough Meredith, Collins Michelle, Dym Orin, Chakraborty Ranajit, Eisenberg Arthur J, Budowle Bruce
Abstract excerpt
Y chromosome short tandem repeat (Y-STR) loci are important genetic markers for forensic biological evidence analyses. However, paternal inheritance, reduced effective population size, and lack of independence between loci can reduce Y-STR diversity and may yield greater population substructure effects on a locus-by-locus basis compared with the autosomal STR loci. Population studies are necessary to assess the...
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